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A false-color image of the area surrounding the coastal city of Assab and the Red Sea coast, based on satellite imagery data captured on 23 October 2019.
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The port of Assab and the risk of an Ethiopia-Eritrea war

Landlocked Ethiopia says sovereign access to the Red Sea is an 'existential' issue, and its troops are now massing on the border with its smaller neighbour, Eritrea. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 31 October 2026
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X

Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam 06 October 2026
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov 30 September 2026
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP

Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam 12 August 2026
FILE - People walk from a rural area towards a nearby town where a food distribution operated by the Relief Society of Tigray was taking place, near the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. Ethiopia's lead negotiator in ongoing peace talks asserted Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 that 70% of the Tigray region is now under military control and aid deliveries have resumed to the area, but there is no immediate confirmation from aid workers or Tigray spokesmen. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Ethiopia Asserts 70% of Tigray Now Under Military Control

Ethiopia’s lead negotiator in ongoing peace talks asserted Friday that 70% of the country’s northern Tigray region is now under military control and aid deliveries have resumed to the area, but there…

AP 11 November 2022
From left to right, Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula, former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union envoy and former Nigerian president Olesegun Obasanjo, and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede, attend continuing peace talks between Ethiopia's government and Tigray regional representatives, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. A new round of talks began Monday to work out military and other details of last week's signing of a "permanent" cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

New Round of Peace Talks Between Ethiopia, Tigray Reps

A new round of talks began Monday between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of…

AP 07 November 2022
Former Nigerian president and African Union envoy Olesegun Obasanjo gestures to Ethiopian government representative Redwan Hussien and Tigray delegate Getachew Reda after signing the AU-led negotiations to resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia, in Pretoria , South Africa, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Ethiopia Government and Tigray Forces Establish Hotline Following Truce- Obasanjo

Ethiopia's government and Tigray forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union's chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday. The Ethiopian…

07 November 2022
A destroyed tank is seen in a field in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Parties to War in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Agree to Stop Fighting

The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands, displaced…

02 November 2022
A woman stands in line to receive food donations, at the Tsehaye primary school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 15, 2021. Picture taken March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Ethiopia Says Army Has Captured Three Towns From Tigray Forces

The Ethiopian army has captured three towns in the northern region of Tigray, one to the northwest and two to the south of the regional capital Mekelle, the government said on Tuesday as one senior…

18 October 2022
Medhin Gereziher, 1, is treated for malnutrition at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Babies are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate they did before the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to a yet-unpublished study shared by its authors with The Associated Press. (AP Photo)

Babies in Tigray Dying At 4 Times Pre-War Levels, Study Says

Babies in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most medical care for over 5 million people, according to…

AP 06 October 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Rwanda's Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, Russia, on 28 October 2026. Igor Ivanko/REUTERS
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Israel election: musical chairs for parties, not policies

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Whoever forms the next government, Benjamin Netanyahu's tenure and effect have been such that, on the key issues, there will be little to no diversion from his policy path

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Vasya Kolotusha
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Humanoid robots: the industry set to reshape our lives

02, Nov 2026

Engineering and mechanics have helped these products of the future move. Now AI is helping with understanding and autonomous action. Big developments are unfolding across the world

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QatarEnergy headquarters in the capital, Doha, on 8 November 2022.
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