FILE: Eritreans wait in vain for change after peace with Ethiopia After years of conflict, Ethiopa and Eritrea last year signed a surprise peace deal. During the whip-fast rapprochement that followed, embassies reopened, flights resumed and meetings were held across the region. But progress has since stalled and the land border between the two nations is once again closed. Inside Eritrea, speculation that peace would spur reforms and ease years of repression has so far proved misguided. FILE IMAGES of Etritrean President Isaias Afwerki and of Asamara, capital of Eritrea