Eritrean president says US backed TPLF
Eritrea鈥檚 president Isaias Afwerki has said that the United States aided the TPLF during its two-year war with the Ethiopian federal government.
Eritrea鈥檚 president Isaias Afwerki has said that the United States aided the TPLF during its two-year war with the Ethiopian federal government. President Afwerki says American pressure prompted the Tigrayan rebel group to agree to a hurried ceasefire, in order to avert further losses.
Plus, a group of pensioners have held a protest outside Ghana鈥檚 Ministry of Finance, angry about government plans to restructure the country鈥檚 national debt in order to meet the terms required to get a bailout from the IMF.
And we speak to South Sudanese tourist Richard Ruati about why he loves going on holiday to other African countries.
(Photo: Eritrea鈥檚 president Isaias Afwerki; Credit: Getty Images)
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