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Fighting between the Eritrean Defence Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front is reported in Adigrat, Rama, Sheraro, and Zalambessa as Eritrea intensifies military mobilisation. 2022-10-12
After seizing the regional capital, Tigray People's Liberation Front spokesman Getachew Reda states that Tigrayan forces would invade the neighbouring Amhara Region and Eritrea to "destroy the enemy", claiming that the enemy, "whether from the Eritrean side or Amhara side or Addis Ababa, doesn't have the capability to threaten the security of our people anymore". 2021-06-29
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reconnaissance vessel "Saviz" is struck by several limpet mines off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea. A Pentagon spokesperson denies any U.S. involvement in the attack on the Iranian ship. 2021-04-6
African leaders agree on a continent-wide free trade zone, which encompasses all African nations except for Eritrea and Somaliland. The various European territories located in Africa are also excluded. It will be the largest free trade zone since the creation of the World Trade Organization. 2019-07-8
The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes to lift sanctions on Eritrea. 2018-11-14
The Eritrean–Ethiopian border reopens for the first time since 1998. 2018-09-11
International air travel resumes between Eritrea and Ethiopia for the first time since 1998. 2018-07-18
Leaders from Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their countries' 20-year border conflict. 2018-07-9
Djiboutian foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf accuses Eritrea of occupying the disputed Doumeira Islands and Ras Doumeira peninsula after Qatari peacekeepers withdrew from the area. 2017-06-16
Catholic priest Father Mussie Zerai alleges that as many as 400 people, mainly Eritreans, are being held for ransom by human traffickers in the Sinai Desert, and that at least one has been killed after experiencing electric shock torture. 2011-05-13