Eritrea

The State of Eritrea covers 117,600 sq km (45,405 sq mi) and it is bounded on the east by the Red Sea, on the southeast by Djibouti, on the south and west by Ethiopia, and on the north and northwest by Sudan.

It became a de facto state in 1991 after a long secession war, later formalized in 1993 by a referendum.
Isaias Afewerki is the only President of Eritrea since independence with no constitution or election.

Eritrea’s population is estimated about 6 million in 2014. Asmara is the capital, while Massawa is the main port.

Read the posts related to Eritrea below.

Ethiopia & Eritrea Perspectives: Survival and Security in Geopolitics of the Red Sea

(Amanuel T Muhzun) Solid economic and social stability has been one of the major objectives of concern for the last…

Sustainable Peace for Ethiopia and Eritrea: Beyond Borders (Statement from Concerned Scholars and Civic Societies)

Sustainable Peace For Ethiopia And Eritrea: Beyond Borders A Statement from Concerned Scholars and Civic Societies This statement is prepared…

The Legitimacy of EPRDF’s decision on the Algiers Agreement and Border Ruling: Fuzzy, Illicit, Maneuver And Incomplete Retreat

(Zeray Weldesenbet) On June 05, 2018, the EPRDF politburo publicly and officially declared that Ethiopia has accepted both the Algiers agreement…

On the Ethio-Eritrean “Normalization”: Cautiously Optimistic

(Tekleab Shibru - PhD, Associate Prof. of Geomatics, Chicago State University) Since the Ethio-Eritrean war ended in June 2000, there has…

Text of Eritrean President’s Speech on Ethiopia, US and the global order

Eritrean President Isayas Afeworki's speech on June 20, 2018 Martyr's day in Asmara that responded to Ethiopia's recent offer for…

Eritrea breaks silence over Ethiopia’s peace offer

Afeworki(Tesfa-Alem Tekle) June 20, 2018 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government on Wednesday broke its silence and responded to Ethiopia’s…

Ethiopia’s offer for peace with Eritrea is a ‘distant dream’, says major Eritrean opposition group

(Tesfa-Alem Tekle) An Eritrean opposition group on Saturday said, Ethiopia’s recent call for peace with long-time rival Eritrea is a…

Ethiopia ‘fully accepts’ the rulings of the Ethio-Eritrea Border Commission ‘with conviction and without hesitance’

Ethiopia "fully accepts" the rulings of the Ethio-Eritrea Border Commission and will "work for its implementation with conviction and without…

An armed group from Eritrea kills a German in Erta Ale, Ethiopia

Armed men dispatched from Eritrea killed a German tourist in Erta Ale, northeast of Ethiopia on Sunday, according to HornAffairs…

The Rift in the GCC and Diplomatic Responses from the IGAD Region

David Hearst, a British expert on Middle East affairs, recently surprised the host of an Aljazeera TV program when he…

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