Naizghi Kiflu Explained

Naizghi Kiflu
Order:3rd Minister of Information of Eritrea1
Term Start:2001
Term End:2003
Predecessor:Beraki Ghebreselassie
Successor:Ali Abdu Ahmed
Party:PFDJ
Footnotes:1Renamed Ministry of Information from Ministry of Information and Culture.

Naizghi Kiflu (Ge'ez: ናየዝጊ ክፍሉ nāyʾizgī kiflū, Tigrinya "Of the Lord," "His part") was an adviser on Local Government Affairs to President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea.[1] He was living in London, England due to the dialysis he needs for his kidneys but eventually died of the disease.[2] He came to England in 2005 with the intention of becoming an ambassador.[3] His body was believed to be forbidden to enter Eritrea by President Isaias Afwerki, since he had a personality clash with him.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Jack Kramer Papers: Historical Perspective (Part IV). 2006-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311050857/http://www.dehai.org/archives/dehai_news_archive/jan04/0195.html . 2007-03-11.
  2. News: Exminister från Eritrea utreds. Jens . Littorin. 2009-04-27. Dagens Nyheter. 2011-11-23.
  3. http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Download_the_full_report.pdf Eritrea Naizghi Kiflu, the dictatorship’seminence grise