But for more than 20 years, Ethiopians and Eritreans were separated by a bitter conflict and militarised frontier sealed as tightly as the Berlin wall or the Korean demilitarised zone.

Now, Eritreans and Tigrayan Ethiopians are mingling again – in what has been hailed as an unexpected and rapid thaw that has profound implications for the horn of Africa.

“We are the same,” declared Dharar Bahlab, an Eritrean baker visiting the Ethiopean frontier town of Mekele for the first time last week.

“We are brothers,” he said of his Ethiopian neighbours as he milled freely around Friday’s livestock market.

The post After making peace with Eritrea, can Africa’s new star leader usher in peace for Ethiopia? appeared first on Tokicha One People One Ethiopia.

The post Ethiopia ethnic violence appeared first on Tokicha One People One Ethiopia.

The post Emotional reunion of Ethiopian-Eritrean families appeared first on Tokicha One People One Ethiopia.