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Eritrea courts Trump as opposition gains traction in Washington

By Julian Pecquet

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Posted on October 1, 2025 10:00

File photo of Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 2018. © AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh

Asmara signals a cautious but hopeful start to renewed bilateral relations after Boulos meeting.

The US Donald Trump administration and Eritrea’s authoritarian government are signalling interest in thawing relations after a rare high-level meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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