Eritrea, Ethiopia: an unprecedented leader’s summit

An unprecedented summit between the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia underscores a rising political-economic outlook for both country’s economies, for foreign industry operating in the countries, and for national budgets once captured to fund hitherto states of siege. A summit was held in Asmara July 8-9 between Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, with both leaders stating that the state of war that had existed between the two countries had now come to an end. The unprecedented summit, the most recent development in bilateral actions largely initiated by Abiy’s government in Addis Ababa, notably reinforces a …

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