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Eritrea
Population: 5.3 mn.
GDP: 2.1 bn.
Debt: 0.6 bn.
Overview:

Still isolated over his policies on Somalia and Ethiopia, President Issayas Aferwerki will be boosted by a medium-term revenue bonanza from Canada's Nevsun gold mine and other mining projects. Afewerki is unlikely to face sanctions. 

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  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

Politics and posturing

People starve, aid is inadequate, relief agencies are spurned and the region’s insecurities fester

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Shouting insults

As Eritrea looks forward to serious earnings from gold, the old quarrel with Ethiopia is heating up again

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

The anti-Asmara campaign

Meles is increasing the rhetoric against his neighbour and wants the United Nations to join in action against Asmara

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Gold rush

Issayas used to be suspicious of foreigners, but that was before a mineral wealth bonanza looked possible

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Eritrea is not for sale

‘Eritrea is not for sale.’ This used to be President Issayas Afewerki’s customary response to interest in his country’s considerable mineral resources. Now, as he faces greater isolation while needing more cash to pursue his regional objectives, Issa...

  • Vol 51 No 11
  •  28th May 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’. The A...

  • Vol 51 No 10
  •  14th May 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
  •  14th May 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 destabilise E...

  • Vol 51 No 5
  •  5th March 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
  •  20th November 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, Uganda...

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