Isaias’s Cairo Visits and the Seasonal Architecture of Crisis in the Horn
Strategic convergence in the Horn of Africa is too often misread through the narrow grammar of formal alliances, as though coordination must announce itself through treaties, communiqués, or...
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Eritrea’s Mirrored Repression: The Authoritarian Revolving Door
In December 2025, Eritrean authorities quietly released thirteen long term detainees after nearly eighteen years of arbitrary detention without charge or trial. While cautiously welcomed by...
Swedish Journalist Dawit Isaak Reported to Be Alive After 24 Years in Eritrean Detention
Dawit Isaak, a Swedish journalist who has been imprisoned in Eritrea for 24 years, is believed to be alive, according to Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, as reported by Swedish...
Why the Egypt–Eritrea Axis Remains Fragile
Throughout history, Cairo’s engagement with Eritrea has been instrumental rather than integrative, shaped by shifting regional calculations and a search for levers to manage Ethiopian influence in...
UN urges release of 10,000 arbitrarily detained in Eritrea
The United Nations on Monday called for the unconditional release of the estimated 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea, including politicians, journalists and students. The Horn of Africa...

























