Though Ethiopia once had two ports as well as a navy, it lost these when Eritrea, a region to the north, seceded to form its own country in 1993.

In 2019, Abiy signed a deal with France to rebuild the Ethiopian Navy, which had been disbanded after Eritrea's independence.. Egypt’s military support for Somalia has prompted speculation of a ...

A landmark pact between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland has drawn condemnation from Somalia. Other neighbors also worry about allowing potential naval access to the Red Sea.

Ethiopia's battle to regain access to the sea. ... "We have offered them Tadjourah as a commercial port, but the Ethiopians are determined to establish a navy there," said the Djiboutian diplomat.

The agreement to train the Ethiopian navy had been suspended in the summer of 2021, in the midst of the Tigray War. Noé Hochet-Bodin (Nairobi (Kenya) correspondent) ...

Ethiopia's deal to lease a port in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region.

FILE - Soldiers with the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) travel on a truck near Aykel, on a road that connects Gondar to the Sudanese border in Ethiopia's Amhara region, on Feb. 27, 2024.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Top military commanders from Ethiopia and its embattled Tigray region have agreed to allow unhindered humanitarian access to the region and form a joint disarmament ...

The Ethiopian government has said it intends to integrate all regional special forces either into the national army or the federal or regional police, a move likely to be perceived as an attempt ...

The Ethiopian military summarily executed several dozen civilians and committed other war crimes on January 29, 2024, in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s northwestern Amhara region.

A military pact between Cairo and Mogadishu has heightened tensions with Ethiopia, with analysts saying that the planned deployment of Egyptian troops in Somalia could fundamentally tilt the ...