...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
following a landmark peace deal with Æthiopia and a thaw with Djibouti that have buoyed hopes for positive change in the Horn of Africa. The council unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution lifting the arms embargo, all travel bans, asset freezes and targeted sanctions against Eritrea.
Eritrea and Æthiopia hailed the decision as a boost for regional stability, four months after the two countries signed a peace deal that ended two decades of hostility and led to friendlier relations with Djibouti.
The council slapped sanctions on Eritrea in 2009 for its alleged support of al-Shabaab
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the personification of Somali state failure...The resolution acknowledged that UN monitors have "not found conclusive evidence that Eritrea supports al-Shabaab" and declared that the sanctions and arms embargo ended with the adoption of the measure.
UN officials have reported serious abuses by the Eritrean government that have triggered a major exodus of Eritreans from their country.