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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 50 No 18
  •  11th September 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
  •  12th June 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
  •  22nd August 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
  •  20th June 2008

Shooting war in Djibouti

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

  • Vol 49 No 11
  •  23rd May 2008

A dangerous invasion

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

  • Vol 49 No 7
  •  28th March 2008

The border deadlock

The UN is casting around for big ideas to end the dangerous stalemate of the future of the border - but none have emerged yet

  • Vol 48 No 20
  •  5th October 2007

That troublesome border

The quarrel between Addis Ababa and Asmara over their common border and the political chaos in Somalia is intensifying. The heat turned up after the Ethiopia Eritrea Boundary Commission announced on 7 September that it would demarcate the border by the e...

  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

Boiling point

Eritrea and Ethiopia, whose leaders detest each other, are clashing on three regional issues. Moreover, hawks in Addis believe – rightly or wrongly – that Ethiopia's support for the 'War on Terror' will shield it from any pressure from the United States' ...

  • Vol 48 No 13
  •  22nd June 2007

Warriors by proxy

With Somalia looking more settled, Ethiopia has been looking towards Eritrea, which it sees as the regional spoiler. On 8 June, Addis Ababa wrote to the United Nations Security Council President calling for Chapter VII sanctions against Eritrea, in order ...

  • Vol 48 No 9
  •  27th April 2007

The Jihadists' friend

Eritrea now condemns foreign involvement in Somalia. Last year, it sent large quantities of arms and fighters, and a training mission, to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), then in power. In January, President Issayas Afeworki sent a minister to Nairobi to r...

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