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| | Eritrea - encyclopedia article about Eritrea. |
 | | Eritrea's two main ethnic groups are the Tigrigna, who represent about half of the population, and the Tigre, who are about 40%. | | | Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to various international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. | | | After the war, the United Nations, after a lengthy inquiry in which those who wanted union with Ethiopia and those who wanted independence lobbied the great powers and the U.N. extensively, eventually reached a compromise that the former Italian colony was to join Ethiopia as part of a federation. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Eritrea
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| | Eritrea on Encyclopedia.com |
| | ERITREA [Eritrea], officially State of Eritrea, republic (2005 est. | | | The political and human rights situation in the country also deteriorated; in 2004 Amnesty International accused Eritrea of persecuting religious minorities, using torture, and detaining thousands for criticizing the government. | | | The population is about equally divided between Christians and Muslims; the Jehovah's Witnesses and other religious groups that the government has not granted recognition to have been persecuted. |
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| | Despite ethnic diversity, friction between Eritrean groups has not been a major problem because most groups remained united during the three decades of war against Ethiopian control. | | | The government publishes the newspaper Hadras Eritrea (New Eritrea) in Arabic and Tigrinya. | | | Eritrea’s economy suffered massive damage and dislocation as a result of drought, famine and the war with Ethiopia that began in the 1960s. |
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| | Eritrea - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Eritrea |
| | The 42 OAU leaders also vowed to isolate any government that seized power by force. | | | Ethiopia acknowledged Eritrea's right to secede and a provisional government was set up under Issaias Afwerki. | | | On the fall of the military regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991, the EPLF declared Eritrea a separate sovereign state. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Eritrea
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| | :: Regional :: Africa :: Eritrea |
| | FOC Country Profile - Eritrea - Notes on geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel, current affairs. | | | Our Story of Eritrea - Provides history plus information on politics, languages, cuisine, people, climate, religions and economy. | | | BBC Country Profile: Eritrea - Includes an overview of the country and sections on its politics and media. |
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