Former enemies, Ethiopia and Eritrea are fighting on the same side in Tigray war – The Africa Report 12:33

By Morris Kiruga
Posted on Thursday, 7 October 2021 18:26

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed arrive for an inauguration ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 16 July 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

The first reason that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 was that he had initiated successful peace talks with the East African country’s existential rival, Eritrea. The benefits of the peace process had been immediately obvious to the region and the international community.

This is part 1 of a 4-part series

In addition to thawing relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea – two neighbours with a history of annexation, colonisation and decades of conflict – the rapprochement also had the potential to extensively restructure the regional geopolitical structure.

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