Editing Politics of Eritrea (section)

==Political parties and elections==
{{main|List of political parties in Eritrea|Elections in Eritrea}}
Eritrea is a [[single-party state]] run by the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). No other political groups are legally allowed to organize. The PFDJ's most recent party congress was held in January 2002, and its members have not met since.<ref name="bbc.com"/>

Legislative elections were set for 1997 and then postponed until 2001, it was then decided that because 20% of Eritrea's land was under occupation that elections would be postponed until the resolution of the conflict with Ethiopia. Local elections have continued in Eritrea. The most recent round of local government elections was held in May 2003. On further elections, the President's Chief of Staff, Yemane Ghebremeskel said,<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.shaebia.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=2618&printer=1
 |title       = Interview of Mr. Yemane Gebremeskel, Director of the Office of the President of Eritrea
 |publisher   = PFDJ
 |date        = 2004-04-01
 |access-date  = 2006-06-07
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011108/http://www.shaebia.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=2618&printer=1
 |archive-date = 2011-09-28
}}</ref> 
{{blockquote|The electoral commission is handling these elections this time round so that may be the new element in this process. The national assembly has also mandated the electoral commission to set the date for national elections, so whenever the electoral commission sets the date there will be national elections. It’s not dependent on regional elections, although that might be a very helpful process.
Multipartyism, in general principle yes, it is there but the law on political parties has to be approved by the national assembly. It was not approved the last time. The view from the beginning was that you don’t necessarily need a party law to hold national elections. You can have national elections and the party law can be adopted at any time. So in terms of commitment it’s very clear, in terms of the process it has its own pace, its own characteristics.}}

===Eritrean opposition groups in exile===
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*ምንቅስቓስ ንብሩህ መጻኢ ኤርትራ (Eritrean bright future movement) Dawit Girmay
*[https://www.eriyiakl.com/ Global Yiakl Movement]
*Eritrean Renaissance Party for Justice (ERPJ), Dr. Mohammed Birhan Idris
*[[Eritrean Islamic Jihad]] (EIJ) ?
*[[Eritrean Liberation Front]] (ELF), Abdullah Muhammed
*Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC), Ahmed Nasser (died 26 March 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldbulletin.net/africa/prominent-eritrean-opposition-leader-dies-h132089.html|title=Prominent Eritrean opposition leader dies|website=www.worldbulletin.net/}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*Eritrean Liberation Front-United Organization (ELF-UO), Mohammed Said Nawd
*[[Eritrean People's Democratic Front]] (EPDF), Tewelde Ghebreselassie
*Eritrean Solidarity Movement for National Salvation (ESMNS) Grassroots Movement led by Tesfu Atsbeha
*Democratic Movement for Liberation of Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK) (Kernelewos)
*The Agazyan National Front, Mehari Yowhans

===Regional issues===

Eritrea has had rough relations with most of its neighbors in the 1990s and initiated both small-scale and large-scale battles against Sudan, Djibouti, Yemen and Ethiopia. Eritrea invaded the Hanish islands of Yemen, Sudan blamed Eritrea for attacks in Eastern Sudan, UN commission accused Eritrea for invading Ethiopia and Djibouti officials accused Eritrea for shelling towns in Djibouti in 1996.<ref>[http://www.foreignaffairs.org/sponsored_sections/country_focus/yemen/yemen_report_print.pdf Eritrea invades Yemen's hanish islands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031145007/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/sponsored_sections/country_focus/yemen/yemen_report_print.pdf |date=2008-10-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/335911.stm|title=BBC News - Africa - Sudan accuses Eritrea of attack|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Hornet/irin_111299b.html|title=DJIBOUTI: IRIN Focus on mounting tension with Eritrea [19991112]|website=www.africa.upenn.edu}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpage.asp?pag_id=1151 UN accuses Eritrea for Invading Ethiopia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112212535/http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpage.asp?pag_id=1151 |date=2013-01-12 }}</ref>
After this, Eritrea has made efforts to solve relations with Sudan and Djibouti, though relations with Yemen and Ethiopia remain sour. In 2008, an attack on Djibouti led by the Eritrean Army on the tip South end of the country led to several civilians being killed, and further international tensions. Eritrea abandoned the regional bloc [[IGAD]] which is membered by the four nations and Kenya. Due to the nature of its environment, many Eritreans risk their lives to flee the country and reach the Mediterranean and Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13349078|title=Eritrea profile|date=2018-11-15|access-date=2019-12-16|language=en-GB}}</ref>