UN urges release of 10,000 arbitrarily detained in Eritrea

The United Nations on Monday called for the unconditional release of the estimated 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in ...
The National Interest

Africa’s Rasputin: Why Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki Has Joined Ethiopia’s Civil War

The current unelected president of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, has been in power since 1991. The diabolical dictator has outmaneuvered and outlived his political adversaries in the Horn of Africa for ...
Newsweek

Who is Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea’s Enigmatic Dictator?

In this extract from Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State, author Martin Plaut reflects on Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. The president led his people through most of the ...
Newsweek

U.S. to Blame for Ethiopia Border Conflict That Killed 70,000, Says Eritrea’s President

Eritrea's president has blamed Washington for ongoing tensions between his country and neighboring Ethiopia, which have been in a state of near-conflict for almost two decades. Isaias Afwerki, who has ...
The Citizen

Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki: Ruthless leader of an isolated nation

A revered hero of Eritrea’s independence struggle, Isaias Afwerki has ruled with an iron fist for three decades, crushing all opposition and transforming his country into an African “North Korea”. An ...
Zawya

Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki held talks with President Putin

President Isaias Afwerki met with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin on July 28, for extensive discussions on bilateral ties and international matters of mutual importance. At the ...
The New York Times

Isaias Afwerki

The Israeli prime minister’s remarks revived a debate about the fate of thousands of asylum seekers after hundreds of opposing Eritrean groups faced off in Tel Aviv this weekend. By Patrick Kingsley ...