Issayas Afewerki

New United Nations’ sanctions against Eritrea will have little immediate effect on President Issayas Afewerki’s support for Somalia’s Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen Hizbul Islam and their allies although policy choices are complicated by the current battles between militants from Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam...

President Issayas Afewerki's regime was keen to court Khartoum while maintaining its links to the Sudanese opposition...

Eritrea: a militarised state President Issayas Afewerki's regime does not seem to care...

It said the team had defected after interviewing President Issayas Afewerki who had criticised Sweden’s ‘lack of democracy’...

With the 16th anniversary of Eritrea's Independence on 24 May President Issayas Afewerki has given a string of interviews and criticised the AU's request for UN sanctions as 'utterly irresponsible' irritating AU leaders...

Renewal of the border conflict is highly unlikely but President Issayas Afewerki finds ‘no war no peace’ a useful way to keep control...

In 2005 Eritrea’s President Issayas Afewerki visited the Pakistan Ordnance Factory and reports surfaced that Eritrea was receiving Pakistani arms...

Eritrea's President Issayas Aferwerki is a less adept diplomat whose regular denunciations of the USA further diminish the possibility of international support...

Ethiopia argued that the virtual border had no legal status while Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki claimed it meant the EEBC's mandate was complete and there was no need for UNMEE to keep watch...

When Eritrea’s President Issayas Aferwerki attempted to prevent the ARS from attending the recent United Nations-sponsored Somali conference in Djibouti the ARS split...