The Red Sea Gambit: Eritrea’s Rise and the Battle for the Horn’s Future Biniam Girmay Signs Three-Year Deal With NSN, Marking a Major Shift in African Cycling Biniam Girmay Wins Men’s Elite Title at the Africa Cycling Excellence Awards in Kigali Isaias Afwerki’s Port Sudan Visit Sends a Clear Signal Across the Red Sea Biniam Girmay Leaves Intermarché: Eritrea’s Trailblazer Steps Into a New Chapter Sudan: A Proxy Machine, a Sub-Imperial Ambition, and a Region Fighting to Stop the Collapse The Silent Extraction: How Western Refugee Politics Turned African States Into Gatekeepers — and Eritrea Paid the Price Eritrea MFA Issues Sweeping Rebuttal to Ethiopia’s “Recycled Ambitions” on the Red Sea Eritrea Deepens Engagement With UN Human Rights System, Hosting First-of-Its-Kind Workshop in Asmara Sudan’s Peace Demands More Than Diplomacy, It Requires Justice The Red Sea Gambit: Eritrea’s Rise and the Battle for the Horn’s Future Biniam Girmay Signs Three-Year Deal With NSN, Marking a Major Shift in African Cycling Biniam Girmay Wins Men’s Elite Title at the Africa Cycling Excellence Awards in Kigali Isaias Afwerki’s Port Sudan Visit Sends a Clear Signal Across the Red Sea Biniam Girmay Leaves Intermarché: Eritrea’s Trailblazer Steps Into a New Chapter Sudan: A Proxy Machine, a Sub-Imperial Ambition, and a Region Fighting to Stop the Collapse The Silent Extraction: How Western Refugee Politics Turned African States Into Gatekeepers — and Eritrea Paid the Price Eritrea MFA Issues Sweeping Rebuttal to Ethiopia’s “Recycled Ambitions” on the Red Sea Eritrea Deepens Engagement With UN Human Rights System, Hosting First-of-Its-Kind Workshop in Asmara Sudan’s Peace Demands More Than Diplomacy, It Requires Justice

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The Red Sea Gambit: Eritrea’s Rise and the Battle for the Horn’s Future

The Resurgence of an Imperial Ghost The political landscape of the Horn of Africa was jolted in late 2023 by the resurgence of a decades-old ambition emanating from Addis Ababa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government began a concerted campaign, articulating what it framed as Ethi

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