Among the prisoners is Aster Fissehatsion, a veteran fighter of the war of independence and a former prominent member of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front.
Among the prisoners is Aster Fissehatsion, a veteran fighter of the war of independence and a former prominent member of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front.
Eritrea: Rights Group Calls for Release of Leaders Detained for 10 Years
AI London, 15 September 2011
The Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 11 prominent politicians, including three former cabinet ministers, who have been held incommunicado without… Read more »
Eritrea: European Parliament Calls for Release of Journalists
CPJ, 16 September 2011
Eritrea was on the hot seat Thursday in Strasbourg and Brussels. Ten years after a massive crackdown on dissent in Asmara that included the arrests of 11 independent journalists,… Read more »
Africa: Issaias Afeworki - No Less Dangerous Than Muammar Gaddafi or Bashar Al-Assad
RSF, 16 September 2011
Ten years ago, on 18 September 2001, the entire world's eyes were still turned to New York, the target of Al Qaeda's devastating attacks the previous week. In Asmara, the Eritrean… Read more »
Eritrea: President Seeking Regional Acceptance?
ISS, 17 August 2011
On Tuesday 16 August, Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki embarked on a three day visit to Uganda at the invitation of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, in what observers termed a… Read more »
Eritrea: World Must Act to Prevent Another 'Failed State'
allAfrica, 7 October 2010
Just a decade ago, Eritrea might reasonably have been described as challenged but stable. Today it is under severe stress, if not yet in full-blown crisis. Read more »
Africa: Governance Improves in Liberia, Angola, Togo But Declines in Eritrea, Madasgascar
allAfrica, 4 October 2010
Governance standards have improved significantly in Angola, Liberia and Togo over the past four years, but have declined in Eritrea and Madagascar, according to a leading survey… Read more »
Somalia: AU Peace and Security Council Calls for No-Fly Zone
African Union, 25 February 2010
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 217th meeting held on 25 February 2010, received an update on the situation in Somalia by the Special… Read more »
Somalia: African Union Calls for Sanctions on Eritrea
allAfrica, 23 May 2009
The African Union (AU) has appealed to the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea and other parties backing the insurgents fighting to overthrow Somalia's… Read more »
Eritrea has been deeply troubled since independence in 1991. Following the devastating war with Ethiopia (1998-2000), an authoritarian, militarised regime has further tightened political space, tolerating neither opposition nor dissent. Relations are difficult with the region and the wider international community. At African Union (AU) behest, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions in 2009 for its support of the Somali Islamic insurgency. It has become, in effect, a siege state, whose government
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The "brittle" regime of President President Isaias Afewerki was "one pistol shot away from implosion," the American ambassador to the country, Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen, reported to Washington in December 2009.
The full text of three cables sent during 2009 appear below. Read more »
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