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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 3 January 2004 By Eritrean opposition AWATE.com
DEC 29, 2003 — Mr. Abdella Mohammed Ali, head of consular affairs in the Eritrean embassy in Khartoum, has abandoned his post and fled to Sweden today, 29th of December. The move came shortly after he (...)
Tuesday 3 May 2005 By Martin Kimani, The Lloyds List
LONDON, May 3, 2005 — ON April 12, Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki stated that war with Ethiopia was imminent when he spoke at a ruling party PFDJ meeting.
He added that the 2005-2006 national (...)
Saturday 5 November 2011 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 4, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Kenya on Friday hinted it might take unspecified measures against Eritrea if it can prove the East African country is arming al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab militants who are currently (...)
Thursday 8 November 2007 November 7, 2007 (UNITED NATIONS) — Eritrea must withdraw its troops from a supposedly demilitarized zone on its border with Ethiopia and both countries should show the "utmost restraint," U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said (...)
Tuesday 12 April 2005 ASMARA, April 12 (AFP) — Eritrea, which has vehemently denied persistant accusations of persecuting minority religious groups, will soon permit the Seventh Day Adventist church to operate legally in the country, officials said.
"The (...)
Sunday 9 October 2005 Oct 9, 2005 (NAIROBI) - An Eritrean ban on helicopter flights by U.N. monitors is a calculated attempt to intensify international pressure on former foe Ethiopia to agree to end a border row many fear could spark a new war, analysts (...)
Tuesday 22 February 2005 TESSENEY, Eritrea, Feb 22 (AFP) — Under a blazing sun on the dusty road leading to the officially closed border between Eritrea and Sudan, Africa’s "gypsies," Rashaida Muslims, are making a healthy, if illicit, living.
At this time of (...)
Tuesday 30 March 2004 TRIPOLI, March 30 (Reuters) - Libya’s oil investment arm abroad, Tam Oil Company, has bought oil major Royal Dutch Shell’s (SHEL.L) storage and distribution network of petroleum products in Eritrea, government officials said on Tuesday. (...)
Wednesday 16 March 2005 ASMARA, Mar 15, 2005 (ERINA) — The African Development Bank (ADB) extended 20.8m US dollar in loan and 7.7m US dollar in assistance for the development of the education sector in Eritrea.
The assistance is in line with the efforts (...)
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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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The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the (...)
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