Given that he was officially invited by the president of Eritrea and given that Eritrea is not a state party, one could argue that there is no risk at all on President al-Bashir."
VOA: standard.2009.03.23
Since falling out with Eritrea and the port-state of Djibouti, Ethiopia, the region's landlocked superpower, has hit on Berbera as its easiest access to the sea.