Eritrea

Long considered domestic issues, the continent’s battles are really international contests for influence and power.

Ethiopia is on the right course. But there’s much more to be done.

Ethiopia’s prime minister oversaw the chaotic release of thousands of prisoners, including many ethnonationalist militants. His amnesty may now be coming back to haunt him.

The Ethiopian prime minister’s opponents fear that he’s an African Erdogan. His rhetoric and policies suggest he’s more of a liberal democrat.

What the country teaches the world about the importance of an independent press.

Abiy Ahmed and Isaias Afwerki are racing toward peace because they both face the same threat: hard-liners in the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front.

In Israel, thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers are stuck in limbo. Photographer Kobi Wolf documents a national crisis.

Eritrea is coming in from the cold. Could that spark a shooting war with Ethiopia?

Hundreds of soldiers just died in the worst flare-up between Ethiopia and Eritrea since their 1998-2000 war. Could a return to open conflict be around the corner?

It is never a good idea to make broad generalizations about Africa.

Are guns necessary to topple a dictator?

A new U.N. report describes a regime built on torture, domestic spy networks, and mass conscription.

Before risking deadly deserts and a perilous Mediterranean crossing, the first steps of a desperate attempt at a new life cross Sudan.

Nearly one-fifth of people crossing the Mediterranean are leaving a country touted for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Turns out, a better life requires more than a U.N. checklist.