Events in the year 2014inEritrea. President: Isaias Afewerki 16 – 28 August – The country competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China...
You may need rendering support to display the Ethiopic text in this article correctly. Eritrea (/ˌɛrɪˈtriːə/ ERR-ih-TREE-ə or /-ˈtreɪ-/ -TRAY-; Tigrinya:...
Religion inEritrea consists of a number of faiths. The two major religions inEritrea are Christianity and Islam. However, the number of adherents of...
Eritrea is an ancient name, associated in the past with its Greek form Erythraia, Ἐρυθραία, and its derived Latin form Erythræa. This name relates to...
the current population of Eritrea, with some proposing numbers as low as 3.6 million and others as high as 6.7 million. Eritrea has never conducted an official...
The Eritrean War of Independence was a war for independence which Eritrean independence fighters waged against successive Ethiopian governments from 1...
The Eritrea national football team represents Eritreain men's international football and it is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation...
The flag of Eritrea (Tigrinya: ሃገራዊት ባንዴራ ኤርትራ, Arabic: علم إريتريا الوطني) is the national flag of Eritrea. It was adopted on 5 December 1995. The flag...
The Eritrean Catholic Church or Eritrean Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based inEritrea. As a particular...
independence movement inEritrea which sought Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia during the 1960s and the early 1970s. It was established in 1960 after Ethiopian...
The politics of Eritrea and the government of Eritrea take place in the framework of a single-party presidential republican totalitarian dictatorship...
branches: Eritrean Army, Eritrean Air Force and Eritrean Navy. The Army is by far the largest, followed by the Air Force and Navy. The Commander-in-Chief...
Human rights inEritrea are viewed, as of the 2020s, by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Human Rights Watch as among the worst in the world...
Prostitution inEritrea is legal and regulated. Official figures state there are around 2,000 prostitutes in the country, who are not allowed to operate...
There are no current independent mass media inEritrea. All media outlets inEritrea are from the Ministry of Information, a government source. Western...
The Eritrean Army is the main branch of the Eritrean Defence Forces and is one of the largest armies in Africa. The main role of the army inEritrea is...
inEritrea is officially compulsory between 7 and 16 years of age. Important goals of Eritrea's educational policy are to provide basic education in each...
born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the first and only president of Eritrea since 1993. In addition to being president...
The main languages spoken inEritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar, and Beja. The country's working languages are Tigrinya, Arabic...
The Eritrean diaspora comprises about half of population living in the country, becoming the most diasporic nation. In addition, one third Eritreans live...
Corruption inEritrea is considered a deeply serious and growing problem. The level of corruption used to be considerably lower inEritrea than in many other...
There have not been national elections inEritrea since independence in 1993. In theory, elections choose representatives from the country's six regions...
Kingdom to Eritrea is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the State of Eritrea, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Asmara....
transgender (LGBT) people inEritrea face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Homosexual acts are illegal inEritrea; typically punishable...
groups. Both Ethiopia and Eritrea supported different rebel groups in the region in a proxy war, and occasionally engaged in border skirmishes with each...