It is not very often that a long serving African President is given a hero’s welcome by his people in New York City but on Sunday, September 25 over 5,000 Eritreans from all over the eastern USA and Canada converged on Manhattan to do just that for Eritrean President Issias Aferworki. Don't take my word for it go to eastafro.com and see for yourself.
The Eritrean President, who is under travel and financial sanctions imposed by the UN inSecurity Council for the now Wikileaks discredited charge of supporting terrorism in Somalia (Wikileaks Exposes UN Eritrean Sanctions Lies), spent several hours addressing and than answering questions from thousands of Eritreans who had crammed into the overcapacity theater on a first come basis.
The event was billed as a seminar and was really a town hall meeting with most anyone in the audience who wanted given a chance to ask questions.
