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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.
Tuesday 21 May 2013 May 19, 2013 (BOR) – The South Sudanese army (SPLA) says it has retaken control of an area previously held by rebels in the remote Boma town in Jonglei state. An SPLA tank in Bor on 18 May 2013 (ST)
Army spokesperson Phillip Aguer told (...)
Monday 20 May 2013 May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Renowned Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos has told an international conference in Oslo that of all the atrocities taking place in the repressive Red Sea nation, the plight of its youth is the most harrowing. (...)
Wednesday 1 May 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 30 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian government on Monday has reiterated its readiness to hold peace talks with Eritrea to resolve their decades-long border dispute. United Nations Secretary-General Ban (...)
Friday 18 January 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – A Canadian mining company has failed to stop serious human rights abuses against Eritrean employees working at a gold-mining exploitation project, a new report by Human Rights Watch (...)
Saturday 11 May 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 10, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, on Thursday criticised Eritrea over the allegation that it is arresting thousands of people for political reasons. President of Eritrea, (...)
Monday 29 April 2013 April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Eritrean women fleeing their country’s oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their homeland, a new report by a women’s rights (...)
Friday 19 April 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. (...)
Saturday 11 October 2008 October 9, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese Presidential Assistant met yesterday with the visiting Eritrean Presidential Adviser to discuss the ongoing initiatives to bring peace in Darfur.
This meeting comes within the context of the Qatari (...)
Sunday 21 April 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 20, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has denied that the government is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land in order to lease it to foreign investors.
“As far (...)
Friday 17 May 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The United Nations special rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, said the human rights situation in the reclusive Red Sea nation remained “unacceptable”, calling for the country to (...)
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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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