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AU PSC: Israel’s Somaliland move “null and void”

The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) has issued one of its clearest sovereignty statements on Somalia in years—explicitly condemning Israel’s unilateral recognition of the “so-called Republic of Somaliland,” demanding it be revoked, and warning that no actor has the

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Sudan envoy praises Eritrea ties as “partnership beyond geography”

Sudan’s ambassador to Eritrea,  Osman Ahmed Abdul Bari , has used a letter published Thursday by Eritrea’s Ministry of Information website  Shabait  to cast Sudan–Eritrea relations as a “firm partnership” shaped by shared history, borderland ties, and converging views on sovereig

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Eritrea Dismisses Ethiopia’s Letter, Cites Two-Year Hostile Campaign

Eritrea’s Ministry of Information has dismissed Ethiopia’s latest diplomatic message as “patently false and fabricated,” rejecting what it described as a familiar two-year pattern of hostile campaigns — and pointedly refusing to be pulled into public escalation. In a short press

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Ethiopia’s MoFA Letter to Eritrea: Another Pretext in Plain Sight

Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry has sent Eritrea a formal letter dated  7 February 2026  that reads less like a genuine diplomatic outreach and more like a paper trail for escalation. It accuses Eritrea of “occupying Ethiopian territory,” of providing “material assistance” to militan

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Ex-FM Gedu Andargachew: Abiy Lied About Eritrea “Envoy” Claim

An open letter from former Ethiopian foreign minister  Gedu Andargachew  has directly contradicted Prime Minister  Abiy Ahmed’s  claim in parliament that Gedu was dispatched to Eritrea to convey Abiy’s concerns about alleged abuses against civilians in Tigray. Abiy’s parliamentar

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Abiy Rewrites the Rift With Eritrea—Yemane Calls It a Cover Story

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stood in Ethiopia’s parliament today and tried a quiet pivot: the standoff with Eritrea, he argued, isn’t really about Ethiopia’s campaign for “access to the sea.” It’s about alleged Eritrean crimes during the Tigray war—claims he bundled into a single s

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Eritrea Draws a Legal Red Line on Ethiopia’s “Sea Access” Drumbeat

On Thursday Jan. 30 2026, Eritrea's Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel cut through weeks of Addis Ababa’s noisy “sovereign sea access” messaging with a blunt reminder: access to ports is commerce and transit — not entitlement, not “historical destiny,” and not a blank cheque f

South Sudan

A Brief Understanding of South Sudan: Not a Forgotten Conflict but a Neglected One

South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, is teetering on the brink of a devastating return to full-scale war. While international attention is often diverted, the country is experiencing a severe political, humanitarian, and security crisis, fuelled by a collapsing peace deal, v

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