well, president isaias afwerki - the regime back home.- president isaias afwerki has been the regime back home. well, president isaias afwerki has been in power since 1991, since independence. what impression, or how was he regarded by the international community? i how was he regarded by the international community? i think, in most of the — international community? i think, in most of the international _ international community? ithink, in. most of the international community, at least the western world looks upon him as the dictator he is. but the new geopolitical play in the horn of africa region makes him relevant in a different way today then only a few years back. you have sudanin then only a few years back. you have sudan in civil war, and you have chaos in ethiopia, and middle east and russia and china is also very actively involved in positioning themselves in the horn of africa, and eritrea then becomes a useful pawn in many ways, so there is a bit of hesitation where the new international relations are reconfigured towards eri

afwerki, and those that oppose it. -- the dyas bra.ommunity _ -- the dyas bra. and how have the eritrean community settled - -- the dyas bra. and how have the eritrean community settled and - -- the dyas bra. and how have the l eritrean community settled and been welcomed in israel? the? eritrean community settled and been welcomed in israel?— eritrean community settled and been welcomed in israel? they have found it difficult to — welcomed in israel? they have found it difficult to live _ welcomed in israel? they have found it difficult to live in _ welcomed in israel? they have found it difficult to live in israel. _ welcomed in israel? they have found it difficult to live in israel. it - it difficult to live in israel. it is by no means an easy place to live. they do not have proper refugee status and they are treated as infiltrators, which is the term the israelis use. but these divisions, which now go to the heart of the exile communities across the world, there have been clashes in canada, america, even in britain, these are basi

i mean, president afwerki has been in power since 1991, since independence.or how is he regarded by the international community? i think, in most of the international community, at least the western world, looks upon him as the dictator he is. but the new geopolitical play in the horn of africa region makes him relevant in a different way today than a few years back. you have sudan in civil war, you have chaos in ethiopia, and middle east and russia and china is also very actively involved in positioning themselves in the horn of africa, and eritrea then becomes a useful pawn in many ways, so there is a bit of hesitation towards how the new international relations are reconfigured towards eritrea. so what we are seeing, then, and you have named a number of other protests, violent scenes that we've seen across europe, but going back to what we saw in israel, in tel avivjust a number of hours ago, what is mr netanyahu likely to do about this? because there have been many fingers of blame to point at various organisations as to why it was allowed to get to this

i mean, president afwerki has been in power since 1991, since independence. — or how is he regarded by the international community? well, i think in most of the international community, at least the western world, looks upon him as the dictator he is. but the new geopolitical play in the horn of africa region makes him relevant in a different way today than it was a few years back. you have sudan in civil war. you have chaos in ethiopia. and the middle east and russia and china is also very actively involved in positioning themselves in the horn, and eritrea then becomes a useful pawn in many ways. so there is a bit of hesitation towards how the new international relations are reconfigured towards eritrea. large crowds have gathered in niger to protest against the presence of french troops. demonstrators rallied near a french base in the capital, niamey, to back niger's army, which launched a coup injuly. thejunta has accused paris of flagrant interference by openly supporting niger's deposed president, mohamed bazoum. france has deployed some 1,500 soldiers

sentiments towards the government and there are those who will still continue to lionised president isaias afwerki the growing frustration and, of course, the considerable amount of eritreans who died in the recent war in ethiopian, which eritrean troops were involved in, opposition to his rule continues to grow and it might be, at least the intensity of the opposition that eritrea is facing at least abroad, is nothing like anything that eritreans have seen over the course of the past 30 years. zecharias, thank you for joining us and providing that impact and analysis. zecharias zelalem. to the uk now, and headteachers in england are in a race this weekend to find ways to reopen their schools after being told to shut buildings made with unsafe concrete. many from the 104 affected schools are busy rejigging timetables, seeking alternative classrooms and trying to rent temporary toilets. meanwhile, mps are warning that the cost of dealing with the potentially dangerous concrete will lead to a very big bill for the taxpayer. frances read has more. the crumbling of a concrete that simply was not made