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Relationship dossier

Eritrea Somalia

Relationship assessment

Closer ties since 2018, with Somali military training in Eritrea as a prominent area of cooperation

Eritrea toward Somalia

+40

Eritrea hosted and trained Somali recruits, who returned to Somalia in 2022, and pursued closer government ties with Somalia after relations were restored in 2018.

Somalia toward Eritrea

+35

Somalia sent recruits to Eritrea for military training and pursued high-level government engagement with Eritrea after restoring relations in 2018.

Overall relationship

+35

The relationship has included renewed high-level engagement and concrete military cooperation, particularly Eritrea's hosting and training of Somali recruits. These ties indicate meaningful cooperation, but the known bilateral activity is concentrated in a limited set of areas and its longer-term scope is unclear.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Eritrea and Somalia developed closer government ties after restoring relations in 2018. Eritrea hosted and trained Somali recruits, who returned to Somalia in 2022, making military cooperation a concrete feature of the relationship. The two governments have also maintained high-level engagement, though the scope and durability of cooperation beyond these areas are unclear.

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