Issayas Afeworki

Despite heavy losses in the last big battle in June (see Box) President Issayas Aferworki has invested a lot of political capital in the fight for Badme which Ethiopia recaptured in February...

Last year President Issayas Aferworki was dismissive of the peacemaking efforts of Susan Rice (Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs) and Gayle Smith (presidential adviser on Africa)...

Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi attending his first OAU summit since 1977 had failed to help when Eritrea's President Issayas Afeworki failed to arrive in Tripoli for pre-OAU talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi...

Egypt's deputy head of intelligence Emad Hamid was reported to have visited Asmara in April to meet President Issayas Afeworki and other senior officials...

Hassan Abdullah el Turabi's NIF appeared to have earned the enduring hostility of Eritrean President Issayas Afeworki because of its support for Eritrean Islamic Jihad and the Eritrean Liberation Front of Abdullah Idris...

But President Issayas Afeworki tells visitors not to forget history: little Eritrea took on and beat Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam's regime in Ethiopia which had boasted the biggest army in Africa plus massive backing from the Soviet Union...

More of an innovator than Chalker Short is noticeably less sympathetic towards the 'New Africans': Yoweri Museveni Paul Kagame Meles Zenawi and Issayas Afeworki...

Despite Eritrean claims there is no indication that Ethiopia intends to take over any Eritrean territory or to drive to Asmara to overthrow President Issayas Afeworki...

Both President Issayas Afeworki and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi have refused to take calls from Clinton several times in the last fortnight Africa Confidential understands...

Now it seems that President Issayas Afeworki has outbid Premier Meles Zenawi...