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Once a pariah, Eritrean president comes up with regional bloc idea  

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki (left) and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed talk during the inauguration of the Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital in Bahir Dar, northern Ethiopia, on November 10, 2018. PHOTO | EDUARDO SOTERAS | AFP

By  Aggrey Mutambo

Nation Media Group

Isaias Afwerki, the mustachioed Eritrean president, is not usually known for regional integration.

Critics of the revolutionary who led his country to independence accuse him of dictatorship, a charge he denies.

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