2000s in Eritrea

none The Eritrean–Ethiopian War ended with the signing of the Algiers Agreement on December 12, 2000. In 2002, in an effort to mitigate the effects of the prolonged stalemate with Ethiopia, the President's Administration created the Wefri Warsay Yika'alo. It is a comprehensive, revolutionary, national economic rehabilitation and development program in the aftermath of the destructive war with Ethiopia.http://shaebia.org/wwwboard/contributedarticles/messages/86.html Perverted Reasoning From the Perverted Minds of "Les Enfants Terribles d'Erythree" 2007-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20070115135802/http://shaebia.org/wwwboard/contributedarticles/messages/86.html 2007-01-15 dead Due to his frustration with the stalemated peace process with Ethiopia, the President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki wrote a series of Eleven Letters to the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Despite the Algiers Agreement, tense relations with Ethiopia have continued and led to regional instability. His government has also been condemned for allegedly arming and financing the insurgency in Somalia; the United States is considering labeling Eritrea a "State Sponsor of Terrorism,"https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,,-6857330,00.html US Considers Terror Label for Eritrea 2007-11-19 The Guardian London https://web.archive.org/web/20071029163732/http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0%2C%2C-6857330%2C00.html 2007-10-29 live however, many experts on the topic have shied from this assertion, stating that "If there is one country where the fighting of extremists and terrorists was a priority when it mattered, it was Eritrea."https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/world/africa/18eritrea.html Eritreans Deny American Accusations of Terrorist Ties 2007-11-19 The New York Times Jeffrey Gettleman 2007-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110501044119/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/world/africa/18eritrea.html May 1, 2011 live This accusation has also been labeled a reckless move by others. Somalia, Eritrea & Sudan https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16257497 News & Notes 2007-11-13 In December 2007, an estimated 4000 Eritrean troops remained in the 'demilitarized zone' with a further 120,000 along its side of the border. Ethiopia maintained 100,000 troops along its side."Ethiopia and Eritrea: Bad words over Badme", The Economist, 13 December 2007 Under Afwerki's rule, Eritrea has had one of the worst rates of press freedom in the world, and since 2007, the worst.http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24025 Reporters sans fronti res - Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2007 2009-04-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090421060910/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24025 2009-04-21 References Eritrea