On 24th May 2024, President Isaias Afeworki gave an Independence Day speech in Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. Unlike most of his speeches in the last 33 years, this speech was scripted and there was less waffle over the thirteen-minute. Of course, the President could not resist the temptation to put himself at par with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin or the Chinese President, Xi Jinping to lead “a new world order”. Thus, making himself the fourth leader of a “superpower country” along with President Joe Biden of the US. Read more
The Eritrean Coalition for Democratic Change (ECDC) is a coalition of 11 Eritrean political parties, movements and organisations aspiring to bring a democratic change in Eritrea. Read more