Interview with President Isaias Afwerki – New African Magazine – November 2011

New African Magazine, November 2011 issue, is featuring an interview with President Isaias Afwerki. It is a must read.

"Once dubbed the “hope of Africa” by a Western newspaper,Eritreahas since been lambasted as a rogue state led by an authoritarian regime, paranoid about its larger neighbour,Ethiopia, with whom it fought a ruinous border war. A key ally of theUSonce upon a time, relationships soured in the early 2000s, as they did with the AU, the UN, other nations, and international organisations. Human rights groups often rankEritreaas one of the worst performers. But, though it has gone unreported,Eritreais a country that may meet most of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. It has achieved considerable success in health and education, based on principles of self-reliance and social justice. As pictures of the recent famine in the Horn of Africa are broadcast across the world,Eritreais missing from the narrative because in a short space of time it has made strides in developing a strong agricultural sector and a resilient economy. And it has done all this without donor aid or outside help. New African spoke to the Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Meeting inNew York." READ MORE !!!!
Link to interview: Eritrea & PIA in New African Magazine November 2011 issue