Scramble for Eritrea likely to change Horn, Nile geopolitics
The railway line from Massawa Port into Asmara, Eritrea. There is a Free Zone Authority in Massawa targeting investors in energy, tourism and fishing. PHOTO | AFP
Eritrea, once seen as a pariah state, is opening up in a manner that is likely to change the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa, courtesy of the initiative by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali.
Dr Abiy ended the 20-year state of war between the two neighbours by agreeing to give up the disputed border town of Badme and normalised relations, with Somalia and Djibouti also extending a hand of friendship to Eritrea.
