Eritrea...an African country that has only known one president

Eritrea...an African country that has only known one president

Since Eritrea's independence more than three decades ago, it has not known a president other than Isaias Afwerki. During his reign, the country preferred isolation, until it sometimes became known as “African North Korea.”

But Asmara's relations with Addis Ababa were complicated. After the two countries allied during the Tigray War between 2000 and 2022, a diplomatic rupture occurred between the two neighbors amid mutual accusations of seeking escalation.