Addis Ababa — Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki on Friday spoke for first time about last month's mutiny incident in Asmara after remaining silent for three weeks.
On 21 January around 200 mutinous soldiers with two tanks stormed the information ministry and forced the director of the state-run media service to announce their demands, including the release of all political prisoners and implementation of the constitution. The one day mutiny by the renegade soldiers ended with calm.
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