Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The aggressive opportunism of Eritrean President Isayas Afewerke is close to an implosion, but the prospect exists that the 69-year-old former revolutionary will lash out in a final attempt to reassert some regional relevance and to preserve his government. Certainly, he has done nothing to build an economic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A U.S. defense official on June 8 said Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) ambushed a human-smuggling convoy in Libya last week and kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians. ISIL’s capture of the Christians was confirmed by the U.S. after officials reviewed a recent intelligence report. The convoy was hit by ISIL south […]
