Understanding Eritrea: inside Africa's most repressive state

1. Introduction

2. A Difficult History

3. The Thorny Relationship with Ethiopia

4. Quarrelling with Neighbours

5. Foreign Friends

6. From Freedom to Dictatorship

7. Eritrea's Economy: Smoke and Mirrors

8. The Flight from Eritrea

9. Exile: Life for the Diaspora

10. Opposition

11. The Outlook for Eritrea

Appendix 1: Leadership of Government, Military and Party

Appendix 2: US Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen's Assessment of Isaias Afewerki, via Wikileaks

Appendix 3: Algiers Agreement that Ended the 1998-2000 Border War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Appendix 4: Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) (2005).