An offensive in the Tigray region followed months of aerial strikes by the Ethiopian government. The situation could spark a wider regional conflict.
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An incomplete peace agreement has become a useful political tool to the Ethiopian government, the TPLF and Eritrea.
There is a risk of the upcoming election deepening existing regional and political fault lines instead of bridging them.
Gulf states have been opportunistic players in the Horn of Africa.
Despite the peace agreement in 2018 between the countries, critical fault lines persist.
Egypt’s potentially destabilising presence in the Horn of Africa is a direct consequence of Ethiopia’s port agreement with breakaway Somaliland.
As ever, civilians are caught in the middle of warring ethnic groups in this strife-torn region of Ethiopia.
It’s unclear how relations between Addis Ababa and Asmara will develop but the warmth has largely gone.
It would be a mistake to ridicule what’s been achieved in the Horn of Africa, but obstacles remain.
The Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab will hum with life once more as trade flows through them.
Few believed they would see an end to two decades of hostility between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
If peace is achieved between Ethiopia and Eritrea, it will help stabilise the Horn of Africa, and the broader East Africa region.
A deal brokered by Ethiopia to develop the port at Berbera will have a ripple effect across the Horn of Africa.
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Associate Professor, Khalifa University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute
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