Seven players from the Eritrea national football team have failed to return home after their side secured a historic victory over Eswatini national football team. A source close to the squad told the ...

Eritrea will end 18 years of isolation from the Africa Cup of Nations when they host Eswatini in Moroccan city Meknes on Wednesday in the first qualifier for the 2027 tournament. The preliminary round ...

Eritrea will end 18 years of isolation from the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday when they host Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in the Moroccan city of Meknes in the first qualifier for the ...

Court makes finding pending final hearing that trafficking victim ‘likely to suffer harm to his mental health’ if returned A high court judge has halted the removal of an Eritrean trafficking victim ...

Are Ethiopia and Eritrea actually about to renew hostilities – and will they drag in the rest of the region? Why has the war question returned now? Because three tracks are converging. First, Ethiopia ...

There are fears that a conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea could break out once again Eritrea has hit back at its neighbour Ethiopia describing accusations that its troops were on Ethiopian ...

Ethiopia’s ‌foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, amid growing tensions between the neighbours. The two ...

Eritrea has hit back at its neighbour Ethiopia describing accusations that its troops were on Ethiopian territory as "false". On Saturday, a letter sent from Ethiopia's foreign minister to his ...

Tensions between Ethiopia and neighbouring Eritrea have escalated after Ethiopian police said they had seized a lorry full of ammunition allegedly sent from Eritrea to Ethiopian Fano rebels based in ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 15 - Ethiopian police said they had seized thousands of rounds of ammunition sent by Eritrea to rebels in Ethiopia's Amhara region, an allegation Eritrea dismissed as a falsehood ...

Eritrea is set to play its first football international in more than six years after entering the preliminaries for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations finals, to be played in March. The isolated state on ...

A version of this article was first published in January 2024 and has been updated to reflect the news that Eritrea’s football team is set to return to playing in Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ...