Eritrea is one of only five countries to have voted no on the 2022 UN resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian Armed Forces from Ukraine. According to Wikipedia, during the country's struggle for independence, the precursor to the current governing party was at least nominally Marxist-Leninist until 1987.
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/State_of_Eritrea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Front_for_Democracy_and_Justice
It's not easy to find much more information about the country. Does anyone here know more? Does modern day Eritrea deserve critical support as an anti-imperialist state? Does one, in any sense, 'gotta hand it to them'?
It split from Ethiopia in a civil war in the early 90s, and has been ruled by this one military guy ever since. Afwerki is the guy that people forget when they think about dictators or warlords around the world, because he kind of keeps a low diplomatic profile. They haven't really been at war, but they're also not exactly at peace. Very proportionally large military, not super friendly relations with most surrounding countries. It participates in the UN and AU but not much else. It doesn't go along with Western institutions, and isn't integrated into global markets very much. It's a one-party state but not socialist.
It kinda makes sense why it would have Russia as an ally.