Eritrea claim some small islands in the Red Sea, and has an old Higgins boat as part of their Navy. That is the open top kind with a ramp on the front. Some conflice with Yemen on those Islands.
Eritrea was one of the Italian colonies, before the invasion of Ethiopia.
I have a friend who as a SEAL took part in exercises, and was shot there (shoulder only.). They were once upon a time US allies. Ethiopia has a bad case of centralization/marxism. Ethiopia has more Christian/Jewish influence, Eritria is more Arabized.
I’m not fond of either Eritrea or Ethiopia’s current governments, but I do like Eritrea’s revulsion at handouts. They got offered a sweet deal loan on a rail system after the war ended and rejected it, opting instead to dig out WW2 era Italian remnants from their museums/scrap yards instead. Simple enough tech they could keep them running, didn’t require foreign involvement and super cheap. As far as they were concerned, these did the job and didn’t put them in debt to anyone - a refreshingly rare attitude.
I’m sure a fair few environmentalists dissapproved!