Ethiopia reopened its embassy in Eritrea this week, in a sign of vastly improved relations between the neighbors, who signed a peace treaty in July. A brief ceremony in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, was attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Eritrea's president, Isaias Afwerki. Eritrea opened an embassy in Ethiopia in July. Eritrea formally seceded from Ethiopia in 1993 after a long battle for independence, but the two fought a border war in 1998 that left at least 80,000 dead. A peace deal was signed two years later, but Ethiopia refused to implement it, saying it wanted more talks.
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