- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
Whoever was responsible, the army rebellion and the seizure of Asmara’s television station expose growing cracks in the totalitarian facade
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
At least one of President Issayas Aferworki’s few allies shows concern about his survival. On 2 February, Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir and his leading defence and intelligence officials flew to Asmara for a one-day ‘working visit’. It see...
- Vol 52 No 16
- 5th August 2011
People starve, aid is inadequate, relief agencies are spurned and the region’s insecurities fester
- Vol 52 No 10
- 13th May 2011
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
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
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.’ 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
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
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
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...