Issayas Afewerki

When asked about the prospect of elections Tesfamicael said the ‘visionary’ President Issayas Afewerki was ‘not going to copy the model of any country’ and that a ‘grassroots’ movement would be nurtured before elections were held...

The prime mover the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) has secured support from Ethiopia and is buoyed by the momentum of the United Nations’ sanctions against President Issayas Afewerki’s regime in December 2009 (AC Vol 51 No 5)...

Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki’s immediate response was one of shock...

Menkerios is an Eritrean former Ambassador to Ethiopia who broke with President Issayas Afewerki and rose rapidly through the UN system after working in Congo-Kinshasa...

They seemed to be backed by President Issayas Afewerki’s government which blames the UNSC for failing to impose the border agreement drafted by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission in 2002...

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...