President Isaias Afwerki is aging. According to publicly available information, he was born on February 2, 1946, which means he will turn 80 in February 2026.

The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) has urged the international community to take action to address what it describes as systematic and severe persecution of the Afar people under Eritrea ...

An Eritrean man alleged to be a people-smuggling kingpin has been extradited to the Netherlands by the United Arab Emirates. Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam had been on an international wanted list ...

The Pretoria Agreement, negotiated between 23 October and 2 November 2022, is one of the most consequential diplomatic ...

The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.

President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea. The ...

Ethiopia’s leader loves big projects. With a contentious megadam completed on the Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the landlocked ...

While Egypt is not a direct party to the dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the Red Sea port of Assab, the source of its strategic fears, especially of Ethiopian access to the sea and its ...

Berhane Abrehe – a former Eritrean finance minister and fierce critic of the country’s president – has died in prison, his family say. The 79-year-old was Eritrea’s longest serving minister of finance ...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, left, is welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at Addis Ababa International Airport, Ethiopia, July 14, 2018 (AP photo by Mulugeta Ayene). Tensions between ...

Port Sudan, 29-11-2025 (SUNA) – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki today received Dr. Kamel Idris, Prime Minister, at his residence, as part of the latter’s visit to the country. During the meeting, ...