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...

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...

President Issayas Afewerki of Eritrea accused their sponsor the United Nations of trying to 'weaken the Somali resistance by dividing and weakening the Islamic Courts dividing and weakening the alliance and creating problems here and there...

After Djibouti complained that Eritrea had invaded President Issayas Afewerki responded on 19 May that this was 'a wild invention' with hidden foreign backing...