![]() ![]() Isaias has effectively led the party since its inception. He declared that the organization was dominated by Muslims and participated in a series of splits that created the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front in 1974-75. No sooner was he a member of the front than he began plotting against its leaders. In October the following year he abandoned his studies and joined the Eritrean Liberation Front in the Sudan, which was fighting for Eritrea’s independence. ![]() In 1965 he left to study engineering in Addis Ababa. Why are two of the world’s wealthiest men at loggerheads over an Indian retail company? At the time Eritrea was an integral part of Ethiopia. ![]() ![]() The son of an employee of the state tobacco company, he attended the Prince Makonnen Secondary School. Isaias was born in the Aba Shi’aul district of the Eritrean capital, Asmara, in February 1942. The president is a brooding, taciturn figure, who has dominated Eritrean politics since the 1970s. Elections have never been held and Isaias’s opponents languish in jail. In my book, Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa’s Most Repressive State, I profile the president who led the country as it fought for its freedom from Ethiopia for 30 years, only to then turn on his own people.Ĭloth face masks will soon have certification labelsĮritrea has been independent since 1993 but has no constitution and no parliament. There are few leaders as enigmatic as Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki. ![]()
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