Ethiopia and Eritrea leaders officially open border to end decades of war and tension
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ethiopia-eritrea-border-leaders-abiy-ahmed-isaias-afwerki-reconciliation-peace-a8532516.html Celebrating their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday officially opened the border where a bloody war and ensuing tensions had divided them for decades. Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and long-time Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, visited the Bure Front along with members of their militaries to mark the Ethiopian new year,… Read more »