Vol 42 No 20 | ERITREA Hagos heads home 12th October 2001 As war-hero-turned-dissident Mesfin Hagos prepares to return home to near certain imprisonment for criticising President Issayas Afewerki, international pressure is mounting on the government to reverse its recent...
Vol 42 No 19 | ERITREA Crackdown 28th September 2001 The President has gaoled the reformers ahead of the ruling party's congress Critics of President Issayas Afeworki complain about his autocratic style. On 18 September, he proved their point, when six of his critics in the ruling People's Front for...
Vol 42 No 15 | ERITREA Nervy 27th July 2001 Nerves are jangling in Asmara after the resignation of the Ambassador to Sweden, Norway and Finland. Hebret Berhe boldly criticised the resistance to reform and democracy of the...
Vol 42 No 14 | ERITREA Crimes against the state 13th July 2001 The President still claims he won the war as his regime wobbles around him The ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice is now deeply split. At the end of May, 15 leading members of the PFDJ's 75-member Central Council published an...
Vol 42 No 4 | ERITREA Winter in Asmara 23rd February 2001 President Issayas is freezing some of his key officials out of politics For the first time in his political life, President Issayas Aferworki faces serious challenges from his political peers. There is now a substantial group within the ruling People's...