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Setit Media | October 8–12, 2026 Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea 1. Ethiopia…
Tag: Eritrea sovereignty
EditorialEditorial
Editorial: Ethiopia Must Step Back From the Brink — Eritrea and Regional Powers Should Not Be Drawn Into Another War
The developments unfolding in northern Ethiopia should alarm everyone who remembers what the last war cost the peoples…
AnalysisOpinion
Washington Has Changed Course on Eritrea. The Question Is Why Now.
For five years, U.S. sanctions imposed during the war in northern Ethiopia hung over some of Eritrea’s most…
OpinionOpinion
The Virtual Buffer Zone: Eritrea’s Societal Strategic Depth: Part One
The Architecture of a Different Kind of Security There is an old saying among soldiers: the map is…
Analysis
Jakaya Kikwete Enters a Region Under Pressure
The African Union’s decision to appoint former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete as High Representative for the Horn of…
EditorialEditorial
Hypocrisy at Sea: Ethiopian Elites’ Double Standards on Red Sea Access and Eritrean Sovereignty
Introduction: Landlocked Ethiopia’s ruling elite have revived an age-old obsession: obtaining direct access to the Red Sea through Eritrean territory. In…
EritreaOpinion
Abiy Ahmed: Brinkmanship will not get you anywhere.
After Eritrea expelled the Ethiopian occupying Army in 1991, two years before the official independence of Eritrea on…
OpinionOpinion
Stop Asking Whether Ethiopia Can Attack Eritrea. Ask Why Ethiopia Thinks It’s Entitled To
A recent interview circulating in Ethiopian media featuring Jawar Mohammed and Tsedale Lemma has reopened an old wound…
Eritrea
Why Ethiopia Is Manufacturing a Conflict With Eritrea
Ethiopia’s renewed hostility toward Eritrea is being framed as a struggle for “historical access to the Red Sea.”…
Horn of Africa
Why is the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accused of destabilizing the Horn of Africa?
In a recent address commemorating Eritrea’s Independence Day, President Isaias Afewerki articulated accusations against the Ethiopian government, alleging…