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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.
Thursday 23 February 2006 Feb 23, 2006 (ASMARA) — Sudan’s Vice President Salva Kiir arrived in Eritrea Thursday for his second visit to the neighbouring Horn of Africa country in three months, an official said. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki welcomes Sudanese (...)
Thursday 6 July 2006 July 5, 2006 (ASMARA) — Eritrea has denied supporting Darfur rebels who attacked Hamrat al-Sheikh locality in north Kordofan. An Eritrean official said Darfur rebels are waiting to meet Sudanese First Vice President in the coming days. (...)
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 29 April 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 28, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The president of Eritrea, Isaias Aferwerki, appeared on state television on Saturday, ending speculation that he had died.
The Eritrean government earlier this week accused the US (...)
Monday 7 June 2004 Eritrean National Alliance (ENA)
Press ReleaseENA condemns the terrorist actions carried out by the Eritrean government against the innocent Eritrean civiliansJune 06, 2004
Dr. Mohamed Osman Abu baker the foreign relations of ENA (...)
Friday 4 July 2008 July 3, 2008 (ADDIS ABABA) — The African union peace and security council urged Eritrea to immediately and unconditionally pull-out from the Djiboutian territory of Ras Doumeira and Doumeira areas where Eritrean troops are still active. (...)
Wednesday 13 August 2008 August 12, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese and Kenyan foreign ministers are expected in Asmara within two days for talks with the Eritrean president in abide to convince him to return to the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (...)
Wednesday 25 February 2009 By Tesfa-alem Tekle
February 24, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has rejected any offer to mediate a border dispute with arch-foe Ethiopia , calling it a "wicked ploy", state media said.
During a three day (...)
Tuesday 22 January 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 21, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Some 200 disaffected Eritrean troops with two tanks on Monday surrounded the Ministry of Information in the capital Asmara, sources in the Red Sea nation said.
The move comes weeks (...)
Saturday 25 June 2005 ASMARA, June 25 (AFP) — A national programme to clear landmines in Eritrea has been suspended after the government confiscated 40 vehicles used by the country’s mine action agency, anti-mine campaigners said in statement Saturday.
The (...)
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13th-April-2013
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Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom
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(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately stop censoring (...)
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CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013
The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the (...)
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