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The political landscape of Africa in 2011 was largely defined by the protests in North Africa, which eventually led to the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt...
In September 2001, President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea ordered the detention of 21 senior government members and journalists who criticized him and his government. Since then, Isaias has closed...
A former Italian colony, Eritrea was occupied by the British in 1941 and later awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later...
Tensions between the Eritrean government and Britain escalated in recent months as a result of the continued detention of four British citizens since December 2010 until their release on 12 June 2011.