by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 9, 2018) Leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a landmark declaration announcing the state of war between the two countries “has come to an end,” and “a new era of peace and friendship has been opened.” Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today signed a declaration in Eritrean capital ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 8, 2018) Ululation of joy and euphoria in the Eritrean capital Asmara early Sunday as Eritreans welcome an Ethiopian leader after two decades of war and bitterness. Well before Ethiopian Airlines carrying Abiy Ahmed touched down at the Asmara International Airport, residents of the city lined up the streets waving the flags of the ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 28, 2018) Leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea would meet soon to further talks between the two sides to resolve borders issues and begin normalization. The announcement by the Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs came at the end of a first leg visits by an Eritrean delegation to Ethiopia.   Workneh Gebeyehu, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 26, 2018) A delegation of the Eritrean government arrived in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for talks, days after leaders of the two countries expressed willingness to peacefully resolve the longstanding border dispute. The talks will be the first almost two decades after a border war that claimed the lives of at least 70,000 people. ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 20, 2018) In response to an olive branch extended from Ethiopia, Eritrea says it would send a delegation to Ethiopia to “to chart out a plan for continuous future action.” “Outside myopic considerations of public relations stunts and advantages, we will send a delegation to Addis Abeba to gauge current developments directly and in ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 15, 2018) Eritrean President  Isaias Afwerki said Turkey’s military presence in the Red Sea was counterproductive to the security of the region and that it was not welcome, according to an unofficial translation of his interview with the state media by Tesfa News and other Eritrean sources. In an interview on Sunday to the ...