Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Its capital and largest city is Asmara. The country is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, Sudan to t
Homo erectus skull cast from Buya
Pre-Axumite monolithic columns in Qohaito
Bronze oil lamp excavated at Matara, dating from the Kingdom of Dʿmt (first century BC or earlier)
Some of the buildings of the Christian monastery complex of Debre Bizen built during as early as 4th century
Isaias Afwerki is an Eritrean politician and dictator who has served as the president of Eritrea since its independence in 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice since 1
Eritrea
…one-party presidential republic and a de facto totalitarian dictatorship, in which national legislative and presidential elections have never been held. Isaias Afwerki has served as president since its official independence in 1993. The country's human rights record is among the worst in the world. The Eritrean…
President Isaias with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, December 2002
The Bank of Eritrea in 2005
Voice of America's Peter Clottey interviews Isaias in New York, 2011