Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has warned neighbour Ethiopia against launching a new war between the bitter foes, with tensions high in the Horn of Africa region.

Ethiopia has said its neighbour and foe Eritrea is "incapable" of launching a war across its border even as regional diplomats fear the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers has heightened that possibility.

Isaias said Eritrea “does not aspire to wage war, but if war is forced upon it, it knows how to defend itself”. “The things being said daily [by Ethiopia] are not hidden from the public eye: We will ...

Ethiopian and Western officials warned earlier this year that war was imminent after Eritrea implemented nationwide mobilization in February and Ethiopia deployed troops to Eritrea’s border March.

Ethiopia and Eritrea have pledged to avoid war between them at all costs, although they cannot guarantee peace in the long term. On Thursday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his country ...

Relations between the two countries have remained fragile since Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993. A bloody border war from 1998 to 2000 left tens of thousands dead, and although a ...