厄利垂亞

位於非洲之角北邊,在紅海通往地中海的航道中佔據相當重要的位置。但獨立以來陷入單一政黨獨裁統治,沒有民主、沒有新聞自由。無國界記者組織的2022年度新聞自由指數中,厄利垂亞排名倒數第二,唯一贏過的國家就是北韓。原本和衣索比亞是世仇,直到2018年才和好。和俄羅斯關係非常好,於2022年聯合國譴責俄羅斯提案中投下反對票,並於一個月後和俄羅斯展開貿易物流中心等相關合作。厄利垂亞在非洲之角的地理位置對俄羅斯而言有相當重要的戰略意義。
看2022“Eritrea and North Korea share one thing in common, that is freedom is dead in these two countries.” Since Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia and gained its independence, the state has been trapped in dictatorship and still being ruled by the same president to this day. Be it GDP per capita, the Human Development Index, or the Press Freedom Index, this state is ranked among the bottom few in the world. It is also the least developed country in the world and is called “Africa’s North Korea.” Eritrea was at war with Ethiopia over border disputes for a long time. It wasn’t until Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, returned the territory in dispute in 2018 that the Eritrean–Ethiopian war, a conflict which lasted decades, came to an end.