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Africa
Ethiopia ‘will be digging up mass graves for a decade’: inside Tigray’s dirty war
...During a meeting in Asmara on Friday, Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea’s strongman, “agreed to withdraw its forces out of the Ethiopian border”, read a statement from Abiy’s office....
March 26, 2021
News in-depthEthiopia
Tigray crisis: ‘They know how to fight and they can do it ’til the end’
...Now, experts warn, fighting with Tigray could draw in Eritrea, whose President Isaias Afewerki has grown close to Mr Abiy, but who loathes the TPLF....
November 15, 2020
FT Live
Africa Summit
Africa in a complex world
Tuesday, 29 OctoberLondon, UK
The Big Read
Ethiopia: war in Tigray threatens to end Abiy’s dream of unity
...But in March, Abiy conceded that Eritrean troops were present, but that he had secured an agreement with Isaias Afewerki, the wily strongman who runs Eritrea, to withdraw them....
April 8, 2021
News in-depthThe Big Read
Ethiopia crisis: ‘a political mess that makes fathers fight sons’
...Mr Debretsion accuses the prime minister of colluding with Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea’s authoritarian leader, whose troops he said had already infiltrated Tigray....
November 18, 2020
World
Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders boost links as thaw advances
...Neither Mr Abiy nor Isaias Afewerki, who has ruled Eritrea with an iron fist since independence from Ethiopia in 1993, gave details about when or how the breakthroughs would be implemented....
July 8, 2018
World
Ethiopia to cede land at heart of bloody conflict with Eritrea
...If Mr Abiy keeps his word and fully complies with the Algiers agreement, it could make life difficult for Isaias Afewerki, the dictator who has ruled Eritrea since the country won independence from Ethiopia...
June 5, 2018
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
Global Economy
Eritrea replies to Ethiopia’s olive branch with envoys to Addis
...The group including Osman Saleh, Eritrea’s foreign minister, and Yemane Gebreab, one of President Isaias Afewerki’s closest advisers, were leading the country’s first political representation to Ethiopia...
July 1, 2018
News in-depthWorld
Ethiopia’s youthful PM steps up pace of change — but provokes enemies
...Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea’s president, said last week he would send a delegation to Addis to discuss a peace deal....
June 24, 2018
Letter
Eritrea hasn’t held an election since 1991
...The self-appointed president, Isaias Afewerki, has not the slightest intention of holding any. We look forward to suitable action from the African Union as occurred in Gambia....
January 25, 2017
World
Refer Eritrea abuses to International Criminal Court, says UN body
...Eritrea has been ruled by Isaias Afewerki, the autocratic president who led the long military struggle for liberation, since de facto independence in 1991....
June 8, 2016
Sport
Rio Olympics 2016: Plea for Brazil fans to stop booing Neymar
...Spare a thought for the man who becomes the slowest. In Rio, that dubious honour fell to Robel Kiros Habte of Ethiopia....
August 10, 2016
EU immigration
EU seeks €200m aid agreement with Eritrea
...“By the end of this year we should have a clear decision or refusal on a national indicative programme,” the commissioner said....
September 17, 2015
World
Three classmates of alleged Boston bomber charged
...A third classmate, Robel Phillipos, a 19-year-old US citizen, was charged with lying to investigators about the matter....
May 1, 2013
World
Eritrean troop movement sparks coup fears
...a conversation with [President Isaias Afewerki].”...
January 21, 2013
Terrorism
Meles absence fuels regional anxieties
...But they say his continued stay has been motivated partly by his desire to outlive his arch-rival, Issaias Afewerki, president of neighbouring Eritrea....
August 9, 2012
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
UK schools
Interview with Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki
...Isaias Afewerki led a guerrilla army that helped to overthrow the Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991 and win independence for Eritrea, which the Red Sea country secured after a referendum two...
September 18, 2009
World
Eritrea’s football team seeks asylum
...Human rights groups say that failed defectors and critics of President Isaias Afewerki’s dictatorial regime are often tortured and confined to shipping-container prisons in the desert....
December 17, 2009
Gold
Eritrea readies first goldmine
...In a break from its credo of self-reliance, the regime of President Isaias Afewerki has turned to foreign companies for capital and expertise to develop its gold, zinc and copper deposits....
September 15, 2009
Terrorism
Eritrea ridicules western efforts in Somalia
...Isaias Afewerki, the Eritrean president accused of supporting Islamist rebels in Somalia, has ridiculed the fragile Somali government and criticised the international community for its frantic efforts to...
August 4, 2009
Life & Arts
Inside the insular and secretive Eritrea
...To read the full interview with Isaias Afewerki, go to www.ft.com/isaias...
September 18, 2009
World
FT interview: Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian prime minister
...Q: Some people think it is a very personal matter between you and President Isaias (Afewerki) and that only if one if you is gone will the problems between Ethiopia and Eritrea be resolved....
February 6, 2007
Life & Arts
Lunch with the FT: Court in the crossfire
...Their mutual border has yet to be demarcated and the nagging uncertainty over Ethiopia’s intentions has been used by President Isaias Afewerki to justify a permanent state of emergency....
April 1, 2005

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