Assab Port: Red Sea flashpoint testing Ethiopia and Eritrea’s fragile peace
Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 03:20
How an old maritime lifeline in Eritrea became the Horn of Africa’s new geopolitical fault line.
By Michael Masrie
Two years after the end of the Tigray war, tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are once again bubbling to the surface – this time over an old, unresolved question: Assab. The dusty Eritrean port city, just 60km from Ethiopia’s border, has reemerged as a powerful symbol of sovereignty, survival and shifting regional power in the Red Sea corridor. ............. https://www.theafricareport.com/398608/ ... ile-peace/
By Michael Masrie
Two years after the end of the Tigray war, tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are once again bubbling to the surface – this time over an old, unresolved question: Assab. The dusty Eritrean port city, just 60km from Ethiopia’s border, has reemerged as a powerful symbol of sovereignty, survival and shifting regional power in the Red Sea corridor. ............. https://www.theafricareport.com/398608/ ... ile-peace/