Eritrea

Eritrea

Population: 5.1 million
GDP: $1700 million
Debt: $53.7% of GDP
Overview:

UN sanctions against President Issayas Afewerki’s regime may inhibit but will not stop its anti-Ethiopian regional policy. Armed opponents of Issayas are likely to exploit problems caused by the faltering economy.

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  • Vol 51 No 11
  • 28/05/2010

Mixed messages

In a spirit of reconciliation not always seen from Asmara, Eritrea’s Ambassador in London, Tesfamicael Gerahtu, told AC that the people of his country and Ethiopia were ‘bound to live together’ and that their survival ‘will depend on harmonisation’. Th...

  • Vol 51 No 10
  • 14/05/2010

Opposing Issayas

Despite UN sanctions against Asmara and the support of Ethiopia, Eritrea’s fractious opposition is struggling to build a united front

  • Vol 51 No 10
  • 14/05/2010

Blaming the USA

On 23 December 2009, the United Nations Security Council voted 13 to 1 (Libya) with one abstention (China) to impose sanctions on Eritrea because it supported extremist opposition in Somalia, seized Djibouti territory and continued to try to destabilis...

  • Vol 51 No 5
  • 05/03/2010

Target Asmara

UN experts identify Asmara’s troublemaking in Somalia but the Security Council may not do much about it

  • Vol 50 No 23
  • 20/11/2009

Al Shabaab targets Eritrea

Al Shabaab, Somalia's main Islamist insurgent movement, has a new country in its sights. Its Spokesperson, Suldan Mohammed Aala Mohammed, has announced the addition of Eritrea to the usual suspects, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Ug...

  • Vol 50 No 18
  • 11/09/2009

Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa

The most dangerous corner of Africa is its north-eastern Horn, where instability reigns and terrorism thrives on the antagonisms of its governments

  • Vol 50 No 12
  • 12/06/2009

Mistaken identity

The Eritrean opposition’s struggles to be heard may be harder since its main news site got into difficulties last week. The Awate.com website claimed that a film crew from Sweden, led by veteran photojournalist Donald Boström, had ‘sought asylum in Eritre...

  • Vol 49 No 17
  • 22/08/2008

Bristling border

The United Nations has given up, the parties will not talk and the troops are face to face

  • Vol 49 No 13
  • 20/06/2008

Shooting war in Djibouti

The border battle at the mouth of the Red Sea looks more like Eritrean aggression

  • Vol 49 No 11
  • 23/05/2008

A dangerous invasion

Eritrea sent its troops into Djibouti, a small country with powerful allies

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