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Eritrea
Capital: Asmara
Region: Horn of Africa, East Africa
Geography
Eritrea borders the Red Sea to the North East, Sudan to the west and northwest, Ethiopia to the south, and Djibouti to the southeast.
Its border with Ethiopia is heavily militarised after a two year conflict between May 1998 and June 2000 over the disputed town of Badme, which killed 70,000 people and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Al Jazeera English | Talk to Jazeera - Meles Zenawi | 22 Nov 2007
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow talks to the Ethiopian prime minister about his country’s role in Somalia and asks him whether his country is, as the UN claims, on the verge of war with Eritrea.
Al Jazeera English | Riz Khan- Eritrea: Challenges & Crises | 30 August 2007
We speak with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki about the challenges facing his country.
Saturday 1 September 2012 August 31, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said Friday that Eritrea has launched an initiative to bridge the gaps between the Khartoum government and senior members of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation (...)
Wednesday 14 February 2007 By Martin Plaut and Sally Healy*
January 2007 Six years since they signed a peace agreement in Algiers, Ethiopia and Eritrea continue their confrontation. Ethiopia won’t accept the ruling of the Boundary Commission. Eritrea won’t (...)
Monday 18 May 2009 May 17, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki launched an unprecedented attack on the ex-Southern rebel group Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM). Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki (Reuters)
The pro-government (...)
Saturday 6 October 2012 October 5, 2012 (PARIS) - Two military Eritrean pilots on Tuesday defected with their airplane to the Saudi Arabia and were they are being kept in secret locations, A French radio reported.
According to Radio France International (...)
Friday 24 August 2012 This article was taken from the Chatham House website: http://www.chathamhouse.org/media/comment/view/184853
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Tuesday 21 August 2012
by Jason Mosley, Associate Fellow, Africa (...)
Friday 5 October 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
October 4, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - An exiled Eritrean opposition political organization has denounced what it said was a “security arrangement” between Eritrea and Yemen to deport thousands of Eritrean refugees, most (...)
Saturday 6 October 2012 October 5, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Eritrean government has rejected the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur to the Red Sea nation.
The UN Human Rights Council last July appointed Mauritian national Beedwantee Keetharuth as Special (...)
Friday 21 January 2011 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 20, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Despite their long-standing poor relations with Ethiopia, Eritrea has sent its ambassador to Addis Ababa, specifically accredited to represent the red sea nation in the African Union (...)
Thursday 3 November 2011 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 2, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has reacted fiercely over media reports on Wednesday that the Red Sea nation has supplied plane loads of weapons to the Somalia extremist group, al-Shabaab. (...)
Sunday 5 December 2004 MENDEFERA, Eritrea, Dec 5 (AFP) — In Eritrea, archeology is a race against the clock, to prevent numerous new constructions and their bulldozers from destroying the rich cultural heritage of the Horn of Africa nation.
"It is estimated (...)
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May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
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Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
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NCP Parliament Speaker will not negotiate with those who carry arms 2013-05-23 08:09:52 By Mahmoud A. Suleiman May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
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