Asmara

Sinit.

Sinit Habtaab was born and raised in Asmara.

She studied neuroscience at George Mason in Virginia and works as a preschool teacher.

Wow.

Then the war ended, and Eritrea got nothing for its trouble.

The Praetoria Agreement was negotiated entirely between the TPLF and the federal government, and despite the role that Eritrea had played in helping Abiy's forces secure victory, Asmara was left out in the cold.

On top of that, landlocked Ethiopia spent the next few years yearning for access to a seaport, and the country took a particular interest in Assab, an Eritrean deepwater port that was previously Addis Ababa's main access point to the sea before Eritrea gained independence in 1991.

And say whatever you will about Abiy Ahmed, but the guy loves a bit of waterfront property to the point that he's made several of his neighbors nervous, not just Eritrea, that he could engage in overt military action to reach the sea.

Ah, day of the triffids.

Which African country is Asmara the capital? Asmara? Asmara.

Eritrea.

Who was

During the political instability in Ethiopia following the death of Emperor Johannes IV in 1889, Italian forces occupied the Ethiopian highlands along the coast.

Italy then proclaimed Eritrea as a colony and moved the capital to Asmara.

Relations between Italy and Ethiopia deteriorated, leading to the First Italo-Ethiopian War in 1895.

The Italian forces were defeated by the Ethiopians, who possessed superior numbers and organization, as well as support from Russia and France.