Eritrea has formally informed the IGAD Secretary General of its decision to withdraw from the Organization.Eritrea's decision stems from, and is predicated, on the following poignant facts and ...

Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with ...

Nov 2 (Reuters) - The 1998-2000 border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea claimed some 70,000 lives but the dispute over the frontier was never resolved. And talk of another war is worrying ...

Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war, but has been plagued by repression at home and tense relations with its neighbours. Bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti, it ...

(Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on Eritrea on Wednesday because of allegations by council members that the Horn of Africa state is aiding Islamist insurgents in Somalia. -- ...