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Djibouti, Eritrea
Two Eritrean diplomats defect

Two Eritrean diplomats have defected from the regime of Isaias [...]

Published on 27/01/2017 at 04:30 GMT

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Djibouti, Eritrea
Two Eritrean diplomats defect

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The murky world of arms supplies to the Horn

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Asmara appoints new charge d'affaires

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Genet Guebre comes to the defence of refugees in Paris

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Cabinet reshuffle imminent

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Khartoum, Riyadh’s go-between with Asmara

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Did Ugandan agence kill an Eritrean counterpart in Kampala ?

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Army beefs up its presence in the north, amid discord

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