Ethiopia’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew, has been prevented from attending an event in Eritrea by officials barring his exit from the neighbouring country’s primary airport. The action taken by the airport officials in question on 22 February is an apparent break in the protocol followed since the 2018 peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea. After the deal, which ended a 22-year border conflict between the two nations, citizens of Ethiopia received a visa on arriving in Eritrea.