Inside Story
The United States calls for dialog arsenic determination East Africa hostility escalates.
East African neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea are erstwhile again perilously adjacent to all-out war.
Territorial disputes person dogged their relations since Eritrea gained independency successful 1993.
They fought a bitter warfare betwixt 1998 and 2000. And contempt a truce, they remained successful a authorities of warfare for astir 20 years.
The Jeddah accord successful 2018 brought peace. But tensions person lingered.
Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of supporting rebels successful its Tigray region, portion Eritrea accuses landlocked Ethiopia of readying to seizure 1 of its cardinal Red Sea ports.
Can diplomacy extremity this deep-rooted conflict?
Presenter: James Bays
Guests:
Faisal Roble – Political expert specialising successful the Horn of Africa
Jervin Naidoo – Senior governmental expert astatine Oxford Economics Africa
Matt Bryden – Strategic advisor astatine Sahan, a deliberation vessel focused connected governance, authorities and information successful the Horn of Africa
Published On 16 Oct 2026
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