Eritrea ranked bottom of Reporters Sans Frontieres’ Press Freedom Index 8 out of the last 9 years

On September 18, 2001, as the world reeled from the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and international attention focused on the United States, the president of a tiny African country decided journalists were no longer needed in his country. Isaias Afwerki, the president of Eritrea— which borders Ethiopia and lies 20 miles across…