Former finance minister who called Eritrea leader 'dictator' dies in prison

FILE - Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki, addresses the 15th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 24, 2023. A former finance minister who called Isaias a dictator has died in prison, his family reported.

A former Eritrean finance minister who was arrested in 2018 after calling Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki a dictator has died in prison, his family told VOA Horn of Africa Service.