THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Doug Bandow) - American Sanctions Didn’t Improve Eritrea’s Brutal Government
The dictator Isaias Afwerki wants better relations with Washington. The post American Sanctions Didn’t Improve Eritrea’s Brutal Government appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs American Sanctions Didn’t Improve Eritrea’s Brutal Government The dictator Isaias Afwerki wants better relations with Washington. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) Eritrea’s dictator, Isaias Afwerki, hopes for reconciliation with Washington. The northeastern African state, sometimes called the North Korea of Africa, is one of the world’s most reclusive, impoverished, and repressive states. However, its leader apparently hopes for better times. No doubt, Asmara needs financial support, given its disastrous dirigiste policies and Eritrea’s forbidding economic conditions. According to…Open