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	Eritrea, Africa Information
		Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation.
		Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.
		Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border with Ethiopia.
	eritrea.africa.com (108 words)

	Eritrea (06/07)
		Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea, on the west and northwest by Sudan, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the southeast by Djibouti.
		In 1988, the EPLF captured Afabet, headquarters of the Ethiopian Army in northeastern Eritrea, prompting the Ethiopian Army to withdraw from its garrisons in Eritrea's western lowlands.
		Eritrea lost many valuable economic assets in particular during the last round of fighting in May-June 2000, when a significant portion of its territory in the agriculturally important west and south was occupied by Ethiopia.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2854.htm (3916 words)

	Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea.
		Eritrea is at the brink of a famine, with food supplies currently (February 2005) only lasting for one month.
		Eritrea's two main ethnic groups are the Tigrigna, which forms about half of the population, and the Tigre and, which amount to 40%.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Eritrea (1174 words)

	Eritrea - Simple English Wikipedia
		Eritrea has borders with the countries of Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
		Eritrea became an independent country on 24 May 1993.
		This was the cause for a long civil war between the Eritreans and the government of Ethiopia.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eritrea (251 words)

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		Eritrea is one of the newest and most promising nations in Africa -- and containts remnants of some of its oldest civilizations.
		One of the earliest known references to Eritrea is from Aeschylus (Fragment 67) in which he refers to the "Mare Erythreum" (Red Sea) as "the lake that is the jewel of Ethiopia." Eritrea recently fought and won one of the longest wars in the world.
		Geography Today; Eritrea occupies a strategic position along the worlds busiest shipping lanes and the Middl East oil fields, and is also an oasis of stability in the volaitaile regions of the Horn of Africa.
	www.open.org /~tfl/eritrea/history.html (1926 words)

	Eritrea - Wikipedia
		The State of Eritrea (Hagere Ertra) is a nation of northeastern Africa.
		Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation.
		Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eritrea (125 words)

	Eritrea - Location & geography
		Eritrea is located in North East Africa (between 12° and 18° north, and 36° and 44° east) and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and other islands along the Red Sea coast.
		Eritrea was known at times as Mareb Mellash ("This side of the Mareb River") or Bahrmeder ("Sealand").
		The major rivers in Eritrea are the Anseba and Barka river flowing north; the Gash and Tekeze rivers on the border with Ethiopia flowing west into Sudan.
	home.wxs.nl /~hans.mebrat/eritrea-geography.htm (609 words)

	AllRefer.com - Eritrea : History, Africa (African Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Eritrea formed part of the ancient Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum until the 7th cent.
		Ethiopia had long demanded control of Eritrea on the ground of ethnic affinity, but Britain occupied Eritrea after the war and, beginning in 1949, administered it as a UN trust territory.
		In 1950 the United Nations decided that Eritrea was to be made independent as a federated part of Ethiopia, and in late 1952 this decision became effective.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/Eritrea-history.html (749 words)

	Eritrea - Location & geography
		Eritrea is located in North East Africa (between 12° and 18° north, and 36° and 44° east) and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and other islands along the Red Sea coast.
		It is bordered by Sudan to the north and west, Ethiopia to the south, Djibouti to the south-east and the Red Sea to the north and north-east.
		The major rivers in Eritrea are the Anseba and Barka river flowing north; the Gash and Tekeze rivers on the border with Ethiopia flowing west into Sudan.
	home.planet.nl /~hans.mebrat/eritrea-geography.htm (646 words)

	Ethiopia Eritrea - Background to the Ethiopia Eritrea border conflict
		Eritrea's position has been for a quick demarcation of the border by a mutually acceptable technical team in the presence of a third party to witness the process and to act as a guarantor of the outcome.
		The crisis between Eritrea and Ethiopia is rooted in the violation by the Government of Ethiopia of Eritrea's colonial boundaries, and to willfully claim, as well as physically occupy, large swathes of Eritrean territory in the south-western, southern and south-eastern parts of the country.
		Eritrea's Head of State subsequently sent a letter to the Ethiopian Prime Minister on August 16 1997, reminding him that "the forcible occupation of Adi-Murug" was "truly saddening".
	home.planet.nl /~hans.mebrat/eritrea-ethiopia.htm (7533 words)

	Eritrea: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Eritrea is bordered by the Sudan on the north and west, the Red Sea on the north and east, and Ethiopia and Djibouti on the south.
		Eritrea was part of the first Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum until its decline in the 8th century.
		Eritrea: Bibliography - Bibliography See N. Tekeste, Italian Colonialism in Eritrea: 1882–1941 (1987); L. and D. Eritrea: Government - Government Eritrea is governed under the constitution of 1997.
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	USAID/Eritrea: BANA Volume I, Issue I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eritrea's unique geography and climate means malaria is transmitted at different times in different areas, with the short rainy seasons being the time of greatest risk.
		From 1999 to 2003, Eritrea succeeded in nearly halving the proportional malaria mortality rate among children under 5, slashing the number of fatalities to one of the lowest levels in Africa.
		USAID, in collaboration with the Eritrea Department of the Environment, hosted an ENCAP Conference for over 40 participants from NGOs and government ministries June 28-July 2, 2004 at the Mereb Hotel in Mendefera.
	www.usaid.gov /missions/er/newsletter/bana1.htm (985 words)

	Eritrea -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Old problems in new conflicts: some observations on Eritrea and its relations with Tigray, from liberation struggle to inter-state war.
		Urban precursors in the Horn: early 1st-millennium BC communities in Eritrea.
		The role of conflict in the rapid fertility decline in Eritrea and prospects for the future.(Articles)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Eritrea_History.asp (990 words)

	Second US-SSA AGOA Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture, with 80% of the population involved in farming and herding.
		Eritrea's economic future depends on its ability to master fundamental social and economic problems, e.g., by reducing illiteracy, promoting job creation, expanding technical training, attracting foreign investment, and streamlining the bureaucracy.
		Eritrea's agriculture over the last two years was severely weakened by war and drought, and many farmlands must wait to be demined.
	www.agoa.mu /eritria.htm (664 words)

	Eritrea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Having achieved independence in 1993 from Ethiopia, Eritrea is currently one of the youngest independent states.
		In 2004 the U.S. State Department declared Eritrea a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for its record of religious persecution.
		Eritrea only recognizes the Catholic, Muslim, Orthodox or Evangelical churches all other religions are not registered and not allowed to worship freely.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/er/Eritrea.htm (1115 words)

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		Terrain: dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains
		Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war damaged roads and bridges.
		Eritrea's economic future depends upon its ability to master social problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, and low skills, and to open its economy to private enterprise so the diaspora's money and expertise can foster economic growth.
	www.dohop.se /travel-guide/Eritrea (501 words)

	Eritrea, Geography of Eritrea, History of Eritrea, Wild Life in Eritrea, Hotels in Eritrea, Eritrea Travel Guide
		Eritrea did not exist as a distinct region until 1869 when the Italians occupied it.
		Mussolini invaded Ethiopia from Eritrea in 1936 but was defeated by the Allies in 1941...
		Geography of Africa Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earth's surface.
	africa.travel-chronicle.com /eritrea (1345 words)

	Site Template -- Geneology
		Eritrea is located in North East Africa (between 12° and 18° north, and 36° and
		Eritrea was known at times as Mareb Mellash ("This side of the Mareb River") or
		2000 June - Eritrea and Ethiopia sign a ceasefire agreement which calls for a United Nations force to monitor their compliance and to supervise the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Eritrean territory.
	www.eritrea-georgia.8m.net /about.html (699 words)

	Eritrea - Hagere Ertra
		Eritrea is located in Eastern Africa in the Horn of Africa, to the North of Ethiopia and bordering the Red Sea in Northeast.
		Eritrea is one of Africa's newest independent nations.
		Latest UN reports (2005) warned that the humanitarian situation in Eritrea was deteriorating, mainly due to recurrent drought and the protracted stalemate in the peace process with Ethiopia.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/eritrea.htm (819 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This lasted until 1950 when the UN General Assembly agreed that Eritrea should be federated with Ethiopia under the sovereignty of the Ethiopian Crown.
		Eritrea’s industrial sector once accounted for 27% of GDP and employed 10% of the workforce.
		Eritrea had a dispute with Yemen in 1995 over the sovereignty of the Hanish Islands.
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	Eritrea
		Eritrea was formerly the northernmost province of Ethiopia and is about the size of Indiana.
		Following Eritrea's independence, Eritrea and Ethiopia disagreed about the exact demarcation of their borders, and in May 1998 border clashes broke out.
		Eritrea: Bibliography - Bibliography See N. Tekeste, Italian Colonialism in Eritrea: 1882–1941 (1987); L. and D. Eritrea: Government - Government Eritrea is governed under the constitution of 1997.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107497.html (677 words)

	The Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eritrea is located on the Horn of Africa, extending over 1,000 kilometers from Ras Kassar in the north to Ras Dumeira in the south in the strait of Bab-el-Mendeb.
		Ethiopia and Sudan lie to the west of the country, Djibouti to the east, and across the Red Sea are Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
		Eritrea, including the Dahla archipelago, covers an area of 124,324 square kilometres.
	www.un.int /eritrea/geo (140 words)

	AllRefer.com - Eritrea, Africa (African Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		Eritrea[eritrE´u] Pronunciation Key, officially State of Eritrea, republic (1995 est.
		Eritrea also includes the many islands of the Dahlak Archipelago, which is located in the Red Sea.
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	Eritrea on the Internet
		Has an extensive Eritrea page with photographs, audio files of Tigrigna songs, etc. Berhane works with a British association of doctors.
		Eritrea's national archives which developed from the pre-independence period Research and Information Centre of Eritrea (RICE).
		It is a joint program of the Geneva-based United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies, PSIS of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/eritrea.html (2590 words)

	Eritrea Web Links: Library and Links: Jeannette Rankin Library Program: U.S. Institute of Peace
		Web site of the UN peacekeeping mission, scheduled to be deplayed from September 15, 2000 to March 15, 2001, describes the background and mandate of the mission, including a map, a fact sheet, news and analysis and links to related documents.
		Maps of Eritrea from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the University of Texas at Austin.
		BBC also has stories on War in Africa's Horn: Special Report, which looks at the background to the war and its impact on the rest of the Horn of Africa as well as current news on the region.
	www.usip.org /library/regions/eritrea.html (1286 words)

	Geography Of Eritrea
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	Eritrea - Political structure
		On May 23rd 1997, a 527-member Constituent Assembly comprised of the 150 members of the provisional National Assembly, the elected representatives of the six Regional Assemblies and representatives from the Diaspora ratified Eritrea's first internally generated national constitution.
		The official flag of the State of Eritrea (Hagere Ertra) is basically a continuation of the flag that was used by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), during the 1961-91 struggle for liberation..
		In the post 1991 flag green symbolizes the agricultural and livestock economy of the country, The red symbolizes the blood of the martyrs of the 30 year struggle for liberation, blue for the Red Sea and Eritrea's maritime resources, and yellow the mineral wealth of Eritrea.
	home.planet.nl /~hans.mebrat/eritrea-government.htm (561 words)

	1Up Travel > Eritrea > Travel & Tourism \| Tourist Guide to Eritrea
		Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation.
		Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.
		Government and Politics in Eritrea - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of Eritrea.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/africa/eritrea (443 words)

	Geography of Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea, on the west and northwest by Sudan, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the southeast by Djibouti.
		The country has a high central plateau that varies from 1,800 to 3,000 meters (6,000 to 10,000 feet) above sea level.
		Geography - note: strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Eritrea (363 words)

	Eritrea - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is bound by Sudan to the west, Ethiopia to the south, Djibouti to the southeast and the Red Sea to the north and northeast.
		From 1896 to 1935-36 Eritrea was used a base by the Italians as the main base for invasions into Ethiopia.
		On Nov. 14, 1962, Eritrea became a province within the Ethiopian empire and in the same year the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) was formed.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/eritrea.htm (1097 words)

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