(Reuters) - Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in northern Ethiopia and regional experts have warned. A conflict would signal the death blow to a historic ...

With hope in short supply in Tigray, young people are flocking to the capital Fears of a return to war in northern Ethiopia are driving many people to leave the region of Tigray just over three years ...

Analysts say the war in Iran has temporarily delayed an escalation in smoldering tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. But renewed armed conflict cannot be ruled out. The political situation in the ...

Are Ethiopia and Eritrea actually about to renew hostilities – and will they drag in the rest of the region? Why has the war question returned now? Because three tracks are converging. First, Ethiopia ...

Ethiopians in the US protest against attacks by the Ethiopian government in the Amhara region. J. Countess/Getty Images Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the ...

Tensions in the Horn of Africa have risen sharply this month, with top leaders in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Tigray region all warning that a return to conflict may be imminent in an area barely ...

Eliyas Kebede Zemedkun has spent most of 2026 producing AI-generated images and videos depicting Ethiopia occupying Eritrea’s strategic port of Assab. A 24-year-old law graduate with more than 87,000 ...

MEKELE, Ethiopia — Chandera Weldesenbet is worried about dying before he receives the help he needs. The 41-year-old veteran of the recent war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has metal shrapnel in his ...

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Ethiopia’s civil war ended in 2022, but tensions remain between the central government, Tigrayan regional forces and neighboring EritreaImage: Minasse Wondimu Hailu/AA/picture alliance The political ...

The political situation in the Horn of Africa continues to be dominated by tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed leaves little doubt about this: During a ...