It would also anger Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki whose troops are stationed in Western Tigray supporting the Amhara position and ready to do battle again with the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) to prevent them accessing supplies through Sudan (AC Vol 62 No 8 Eritrea entrenches in Tigray)...
In June 2018 Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki announced that Assab port would soon resume its key role in Ethiopia's trade logistics...
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Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Eritrea in January in what was seen as a response to the United States sanctions against President Issayas Afewerki's government for its role in the war in Tigray...
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Another critic of the prisoner releases would appear to be Abiy's ally President Issayas Afewerki of Eritrea...
With Eritrean troops massed along the northern border with Tigray region and Ethiopian troops Amhara militia and Addis Ababa's 'people's army' along the southern border Abiy and Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki may try to repeat their November 2020 campaign the supposed three-week 'law enforcement operation' (AC Vol 62 No 23 Rebel advance drives a diplomatic flurry)...
It would later emerge that the rebels including Issayas Afewerki's Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) were already in secret talks with Washington to facilitate the transfer of power...
He orchestrated the signing of the Tripartite Alliance in September 2018 drawing together Somalia's Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' and Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki in a statement of intent (AC Vol 61 No 23 Risks on all fronts)...
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Djibouti's neighbour Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki whose forces strongly backed Abiy's push against Tigray faces his own choice...
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But Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki Abiy's closest regional ally stayed away and no explanation was given...
The Minister of Education is Berhanu Nega former head of the exiled anti-Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Ginbot7 which was armed and supported by Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki to oppose the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF)...
Farmajo wanted Abiy's help in persuading President Issayas Afewerki to allow the return of up to 5 000 Somalis who were recruited for security/military training in Eritrea...
We hear some senior officers are highly critical of the regional strategy especially the alliance with Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki and its security implications...
