Tensions Grow Between Ethiopia, Eritrea as Fighting Rages in Tigray

Fighting continued on Monday in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where advancing federal forces and their allies clashed with regional rebels amid rising concern that neighboring Eritrea could be drawn into the conflict. The Ethiopian National Defence …

Red Sea Belongs to Its Coastal States, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia Declare

The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia have issued a joint declaration asserting that the governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of its littoral states. The El Alamein Joint Declaration was issued on Sunday, October 4, 2026, …

EU Calls for Halt to Ethiopia-Eritrea Escalation, Warns Fighting Could Spread

The European Union called for an immediate halt to escalating violence in Ethiopia and urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to defuse their growing confrontation, warning that the conflict could spread across the Horn of Africa.  The warning follows a sharp …

Tigray war may spill over to Eritrea — helped by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's rhetoric

Amid escalating conflict in Ethiopia's northernmost Tigray region, Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for another term as Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Shortly after the ceremony on Monday afternoon, Abiy reiterated his will to work toward giving the …

Escalation in Tigray raises risk of Ethopia-Eritrea war — expert

NAIROBI, October 6. /TASS/. The escalation of hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region raises the risk of a direct armed conflict between Ethopia and Eritrea, Magnus Taylor, the Deputy Director of the Horn of Africa project at the International …

The Media Line: EU Calls for Halt to Ethiopia-Eritrea Escalation, Warns Fighting Could Spread  

Audio By Carbonatix EU Calls for Halt to Ethiopia-Eritrea Escalation, Warns Fighting Could Spread   By The Media Line Staff   The European Union called for an immediate halt to escalating violence in Ethiopia and urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to defuse their …

EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war as Isaias returns from Alamein talks

Flight-tracking screenshot posted by AfriMEOSINT showing an Invicta Air Il-76 cargo plane, registration TL-ATB, flying over Oman and off the coast of Yemen after leaving Abu Dhabi for Ethiopia, 5 October 2026 (Rich Tedd / @AfriMEOSINT, via X) The …

Tigray violence drives risk of Ethiopia-Eritrea war, analyst says

After almost two weeks of fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigrayan rebels, the risk of the violence expanding beyond Tigray continues to grow. Fighting broke out between the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces …

Somalia Between Ethiopia, Egypt and Eritrea

By Abdirahman Jeylani Tuesday October 6, 2026 Somalia has spent the past several years trying to reposition itself from an arena of regional competition into an increasingly consequential geopolitical actor. The renewed crisis between Ethiopia, Eritrea and …

Eritrea Alhaditha 06 October 2026