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Eritrean Government Denies President Afwerki Is Terminally Ill
Bloomberg
Monday, April 23, 2012

Eritrea’s government denied what it said was an “intensive campaign of rumor” in recent weeks suggesting that President Isaias Afwerki is terminally ill and his health is deteriorating.

“President Isaias is in robust health, and by all means of medical standard is at the peak of his health,” the Asmara- based Information Ministry said in a statement on its website today. It didn’t say where the speculation had been reported.

Eritrea has been ruled by Afwerki, a former rebel leader, since it gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993. The United Nations has imposed sanctions on the Horn of Africa nation for supporting al-Qaeda-linked militants fighting to topple the UN- backed government of Somalia.




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