Isaias Afwerki (sometimes spelled Afewerki;Tigrinya:ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ?[isajas afwɐrkʼi]) (born February 2, 1946), is the first President of the State of Eritrea, a position he has held since its independence in 1993. He led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory in May 1991, thus ending the 30-year-old armed liberation struggle that the Eritrean people refer to as "Gedli". The EPLF adopted a new political party name, People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) to reflect its new responsibilities. The PFDJ, with Isaias as its leader, remains the only governing party of Eritrea today.
Personal life and education
Isaias Afewerki was born in 1946 in Asmara, Eritrea, to parents Afwerki Abraha and Adanesh Berhe. Isaias grew up in Asmara and graduated from Prince Makonnen High School in 1965. Scoring good grades in the General School Leaving Certificate Exams enabled him to secure admittance to the highly competitive College of Engineering at Haile Selassie I University (now called Addis Ababa University) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. However, a year later he interrupted his studies to join the Eritrean liberation struggle.
Russian President Putin hosts Eritrean counterpart Isaias Afwerki in Moscow | AFP
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published: 31 May 2023
Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki Embarrasses African Leaders At The Africa Climate Summit
Wongel Zelalem reports on Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki embarrassing African leaders at the Africa climate summit.
published: 19 Sep 2023
Eritrean President to Putin: ‘NATO War on Russia’ is Attempt to ‘Dominate Whole World’
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki declares at the Russia-Africa Summit that “There is no Russia-Ukraine War. This is war declared by NATO on Russia” based on the “hegemonistic fantasy” of dominating containing all independent countries “big or small.”
published: 06 Aug 2023
President Isaias Afwerki | Talk to Al Jazeera
Twenty years after the liberation from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa's youngest nation, has emerged as strategically vital to the stability of the region and the wider global agenda.
Eritrea is struggling to balance the needs of its people with the perceived threats to the nation.
Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton conducts a rare interview with Isaisas Afewerki, the president of Eritrea.
Al Jazeera confronted him with the allegations about Eritrea's ties with Iran, Hamas, al Shabab in Somalia and rebel groups in Sudan and Houthis in Yemen.
"This is a deliberate distortion of facts, where is the evidence, these are fabrications, where is your evidence?", he said.
"How possibly could one blame Eritrea for sympathising or supporting one group over another in Somalia we have never done that." he said...
published: 20 Feb 2010
Eritrean's president Isaias Afwerki full interview
We talk to Eritrean's president as his country celebrates 17 years of independence.
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published: 23 May 2008
Rep. Sherman Demands US Immediately Sanction Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki
Vicki Dillard reports on Congressman Sherman wanting the US to sanction Eritrean President Afwerki.
published: 10 Dec 2023
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published: 23 Aug 2023
Do you know that Eritrea has only had one President?
published: 07 Mar 2023
EmbassyMedia - 'FOCUS ON ETHIOPIA' President Isaias Afwerki Interview in 2008 / Archives
'FOCUS ON ETHIOPIA' President Isaias Afwerki Interview in 2008
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published: 16 Nov 2023
Afwerki To Putin: End Dollar, End Sanctions
The West is printing money and weaponizing it to sanction the rest of the world - says Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki. During a recent meeting with his Russian counterpart, he called for a new financial architecture that’s not controlled by the dollar, adding that the era of sanctions was coming to an end.
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Images show Russian President Vladimir Putin welcoming the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Moscow for a four-day visit. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei La...
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Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki declares at the Russia-Africa Summit that “There is no Russia-Ukraine War. This is war declared by NATO on Russia” based on th...
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki declares at the Russia-Africa Summit that “There is no Russia-Ukraine War. This is war declared by NATO on Russia” based on the “hegemonistic fantasy” of dominating containing all independent countries “big or small.”
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki declares at the Russia-Africa Summit that “There is no Russia-Ukraine War. This is war declared by NATO on Russia” based on the “hegemonistic fantasy” of dominating containing all independent countries “big or small.”
Twenty years after the liberation from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa's youngest nation, has emerged as strategically vital to the stability of the region and the wi...
Twenty years after the liberation from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa's youngest nation, has emerged as strategically vital to the stability of the region and the wider global agenda.
Eritrea is struggling to balance the needs of its people with the perceived threats to the nation.
Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton conducts a rare interview with Isaisas Afewerki, the president of Eritrea.
Al Jazeera confronted him with the allegations about Eritrea's ties with Iran, Hamas, al Shabab in Somalia and rebel groups in Sudan and Houthis in Yemen.
"This is a deliberate distortion of facts, where is the evidence, these are fabrications, where is your evidence?", he said.
"How possibly could one blame Eritrea for sympathising or supporting one group over another in Somalia we have never done that." he said.
When asked about Eritrea's relation with Ethiopia today and the border dispute he said: "This border issue war was a senseless conflict instigated by the US.
"It is a cover up for the failures of the misguided policies of the United States in the horn of Africa for the last 20 years.
"It is not a problem with Ethiopia we have worked with these people for almost two decades to remove a government in Ethiopia, and we want to see a relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia based on mutual respect and common interest," he said.
"There is no presence for Iran in this region, Eritrea is not for sale, not for Iran, Israel, the United States or anybody," he said.
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Twenty years after the liberation from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa's youngest nation, has emerged as strategically vital to the stability of the region and the wider global agenda.
Eritrea is struggling to balance the needs of its people with the perceived threats to the nation.
Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton conducts a rare interview with Isaisas Afewerki, the president of Eritrea.
Al Jazeera confronted him with the allegations about Eritrea's ties with Iran, Hamas, al Shabab in Somalia and rebel groups in Sudan and Houthis in Yemen.
"This is a deliberate distortion of facts, where is the evidence, these are fabrications, where is your evidence?", he said.
"How possibly could one blame Eritrea for sympathising or supporting one group over another in Somalia we have never done that." he said.
When asked about Eritrea's relation with Ethiopia today and the border dispute he said: "This border issue war was a senseless conflict instigated by the US.
"It is a cover up for the failures of the misguided policies of the United States in the horn of Africa for the last 20 years.
"It is not a problem with Ethiopia we have worked with these people for almost two decades to remove a government in Ethiopia, and we want to see a relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia based on mutual respect and common interest," he said.
"There is no presence for Iran in this region, Eritrea is not for sale, not for Iran, Israel, the United States or anybody," he said.
Talk to Al Jazeera can be seen from Saturday, February 20 at the following times GMT: 1130, 2230; Sunday: 0130 and 1900.
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We talk to Eritrean's president as his country celebrates 17 years of independence.
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We talk to Eritrean's president as his country celebrates 17 years of independence.
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The West is printing money and weaponizing it to sanction the rest of the world - says Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki. During a recent meeting with his Russ...
The West is printing money and weaponizing it to sanction the rest of the world - says Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki. During a recent meeting with his Russian counterpart, he called for a new financial architecture that’s not controlled by the dollar, adding that the era of sanctions was coming to an end.
#Eritrea #Sanctions #IsaiasAfwerki #Money #Russia #Dollar
The West is printing money and weaponizing it to sanction the rest of the world - says Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki. During a recent meeting with his Russian counterpart, he called for a new financial architecture that’s not controlled by the dollar, adding that the era of sanctions was coming to an end.
#Eritrea #Sanctions #IsaiasAfwerki #Money #Russia #Dollar
Images show Russian President Vladimir Putin welcoming the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Moscow for a four-day visit. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Eritrea earlier this year.
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Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki declares at the Russia-Africa Summit that “There is no Russia-Ukraine War. This is war declared by NATO on Russia” based on the “hegemonistic fantasy” of dominating containing all independent countries “big or small.”
Twenty years after the liberation from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa's youngest nation, has emerged as strategically vital to the stability of the region and the wider global agenda.
Eritrea is struggling to balance the needs of its people with the perceived threats to the nation.
Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton conducts a rare interview with Isaisas Afewerki, the president of Eritrea.
Al Jazeera confronted him with the allegations about Eritrea's ties with Iran, Hamas, al Shabab in Somalia and rebel groups in Sudan and Houthis in Yemen.
"This is a deliberate distortion of facts, where is the evidence, these are fabrications, where is your evidence?", he said.
"How possibly could one blame Eritrea for sympathising or supporting one group over another in Somalia we have never done that." he said.
When asked about Eritrea's relation with Ethiopia today and the border dispute he said: "This border issue war was a senseless conflict instigated by the US.
"It is a cover up for the failures of the misguided policies of the United States in the horn of Africa for the last 20 years.
"It is not a problem with Ethiopia we have worked with these people for almost two decades to remove a government in Ethiopia, and we want to see a relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia based on mutual respect and common interest," he said.
"There is no presence for Iran in this region, Eritrea is not for sale, not for Iran, Israel, the United States or anybody," he said.
Talk to Al Jazeera can be seen from Saturday, February 20 at the following times GMT: 1130, 2230; Sunday: 0130 and 1900.
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We talk to Eritrean's president as his country celebrates 17 years of independence.
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The West is printing money and weaponizing it to sanction the rest of the world - says Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki. During a recent meeting with his Russian counterpart, he called for a new financial architecture that’s not controlled by the dollar, adding that the era of sanctions was coming to an end.
#Eritrea #Sanctions #IsaiasAfwerki #Money #Russia #Dollar
Isaias Afwerki (sometimes spelled Afewerki;Tigrinya:ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ?[isajas afwɐrkʼi]) (born February 2, 1946), is the first President of the State of Eritrea, a position he has held since its independence in 1993. He led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory in May 1991, thus ending the 30-year-old armed liberation struggle that the Eritrean people refer to as "Gedli". The EPLF adopted a new political party name, People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) to reflect its new responsibilities. The PFDJ, with Isaias as its leader, remains the only governing party of Eritrea today.
Personal life and education
Isaias Afewerki was born in 1946 in Asmara, Eritrea, to parents Afwerki Abraha and Adanesh Berhe. Isaias grew up in Asmara and graduated from Prince Makonnen High School in 1965. Scoring good grades in the General School Leaving Certificate Exams enabled him to secure admittance to the highly competitive College of Engineering at Haile Selassie I University (now called Addis Ababa University) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. However, a year later he interrupted his studies to join the Eritrean liberation struggle.
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