Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has once again reaffirmed that access to the Red Sea is an existential issue for Ethiopia. While he stated that Ethiopia will not go to war with Eritrea over the Red Sea, his government and other Ethiopian elites continue to claim ownership of Eritrean ports based on historical and geopolitical arguments. In this discussion, we will analyze the implications of these statements with a well-known Eritrean analyst, exploring the broader regional dynamics of the Red Sea basin and what this means for Eritrea and the Horn of Africa.
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