Search
  1. Home
  2. East Africa
  3. Eritrea

Isayas dismisses criticism

    NAIROBI

    President Isayas Afewerki has dismissed the significance of internal criticism in the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), and said the priority was to reconstruct the country. Addressing the closing session of a meeting between PFDJ officials in Imbatikala, eastern Eritrea, he called recent internal criticisms “just a political hiccup”, official Eritrean radio said on 6 July. “Our responsibilities should not focus on daily events, but on the challenges facing our country’s historical background, and future trends.” He said the there was a major responsibility to “restore the sovereignty of our country”, and that the danger of war with Ethiopia “was not yet averted completely”.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join