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Eritrea, with just over three million inhabitants, is one of the world’s youngest nations. The country’s population is divided evenly between Muslims and Christians, and for most of Eritrea’s history there has been very little sectarian tension. The adult literacy rate is twenty percent, life expectancy is forty-six years, and eighty percent of the population is rural. Eritrea was an Italian colony until 1941 and then became a British protectorate. In 1952, a UN resolution joined a reluctant Eritrea to Ethiopia in a federation; it was annexed into Ethiopia under the emperor Haile Selassie in 1962. After its protracted struggle with Ethiopia and being hit by several disastrous droughts, Eritrea finally gained its independence in 1993.
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The most common form of intercity transportation in Eritrea is bus and/or minibus. The most frequent services, consisting of several buses/minibuses a day run between Asmara and Keren, Asmara and Massawa as well as between Asmara and the towns of the southern highlands such as Debarwa, Mendefera, Adi Quala as well as Dekemhare, Segeneiti, Adi Caieh and Senafe reaching the UN patrolled Temporary Security Zone on the Ethiopian border (at and beyond Senafe and Adi Quala) for which you need two permits to enter, one from the Eritrean authorities and one from the UN, both acquired in Asmara in advance. There are ... daily bus services on the road between Teseney (On the Sudanese border close to Kassala) and Asmara traversing Barentu, Agordat and Keren as well as an alternative route traversing Barentu and Mendefera. Once a day buses/minibuses also run between Asmara and some of the villages of the southern highlands as well. Buses to the north of the country (Nakfa) are less frequent and travel between once weekly to a couple of times weekly between Asmara and Nakfa traversing Keren and Afabet. The buses to the southern coast (Assab) from Asmara are equally infrequent, once weekly only, traversing Massawa.
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[I]n the year 2000, Eritrea had the distinction of being the last country in Africa to provide Internet access to its people. With only four Internet Service Providers and a mere 500 users in 1999 (who pay relatively high usage fees) electronic media is clearly in its infancy without much foreseeable growth.
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Four years of drought led to a food crisis in Eritrea by 2002, requiring substantial international assistance, and conditions have not improved significantly since then. The political and human rights situation in the country ... deteriorated; in 2004 Amnesty International accused Eritrea of persecuting religious minorities, using torture, and detaining thousands for criticizing the government.
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Economy—overview: With independence from Ethiopia on 27 April 1993, Eritrea faced the bitter economic problems of a small, desperately poor African country. The economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture, with over 70% of the population involved in farming and herding. The small industrial sector consists mainly of light industries with outmoded technologies. Domestic output (GDP) is substantially augmented by worker remittances from abroad. Government revenues come from custom duties and taxes on income and sales. Road construction is a top domestic priority.
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The reality is Eritrea is your number one friend when it comes to fighting terrorism. Eritrea could have played significant and may be decisive role in the fight against terrorism in the region. Unfortunately, you marginalized this country and betrayed it when it needed you most. When Eritrea signed an agreement to end the border war with Ethiopia, the US, UN, EU and OAU were there to witness and guaranty that the agreement is respected. The agreement is to delimit the border by a panel of experts and the verdict will be final and binding. 5 years ago the verdict was issued and Eritrea has accepted the verdict.
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