Issayas Afewerki

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 moves to suppress dissent (AC Vol 42 No 19)...

Critics of President Issayas Afeworki complain about his autocratic style...

Hebret Berhe boldly criticised the resistance to reform and democracy of the ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice and President Issayas Aferworki and denouncing the 'kangaroo courts' meaning the Special Military Court (AC Vol 42 No 14)...

At the end of May 15 leading members of the PFDJ's 75-member Central Council published an unprecedented open letter denouncing President Issayas Afeworki's autocratic rule...

Now like his Eritrean counterpart President Issayas Aferworki he faces pent-up grievances from his own faction...

For the first time in his political life President Issayas Aferworki faces serious challenges from his political peers...

The ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice congress in mid-year will plan for December's elections to which President Issayas Afeworki reluctantly agreed...

Abroad Eritrean President Issayas Afeworki is blamed for his bellicose foreign policy and undemocratic rule...

We hear Omer wanted to get Maulana on his own but the DUP boss insisted on President Issayas Afeworki's presence at their 50-minute meeting...

Ethiopia optimistically hopes the AENF can use the power vacuum in western Eritrea to build up its support and that criticism of President Issayas Afeworki will grow as Eritrea's defeat sinks in...