PoliticsGerd Müller visits EritreaTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoPolitics08/24/2018August 24, 2018President Afewerki has ruled Eritrea with an iron fist since 1991, when it gained independence from Ethiopia. The two countries declared recently that they'd made peace after decades of acrimony. But Eritrea remains a closed-off nation. https://p.dw.com/p/33jBpAdvertisement