Conventional Long Form Name- State of Eritrea
Capital City- Asmara
Type of Government- Transitional
Date of Independence- 24 May 1993
National Holidays- Independence Day, 24 May
Chief of State/Head Government- President ISAIAS Afworki
Capital City- Asmara
Type of Government- Transitional
Date of Independence- 24 May 1993
National Holidays- Independence Day, 24 May
Chief of State/Head Government- President ISAIAS Afworki
Executive Branch- president elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term
Legislative Branch- unicameral National Assembly
Judicial Branch- High Court judges appointed by the president
Suffrage- 18 years of age, universal
Ambassador to the US- Charge d'Affaires BERHANE Gebrehiwet Solomon
Location of their embassy in the US- 1708 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 Location of their consulate in the U.S.: not available
Name of U.S. Ambassador to them- Charge d'Affaires Sue BREMNER
Location or the U.S. embassy there- 179 Ala Street, Asmara
Location of the U.S. consulate there- not available
Name of their representative to UN- not available
Legislative Branch- unicameral National Assembly
Judicial Branch- High Court judges appointed by the president
Suffrage- 18 years of age, universal
Ambassador to the US- Charge d'Affaires BERHANE Gebrehiwet Solomon
Location of their embassy in the US- 1708 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 Location of their consulate in the U.S.: not available
Name of U.S. Ambassador to them- Charge d'Affaires Sue BREMNER
Location or the U.S. embassy there- 179 Ala Street, Asmara
Location of the U.S. consulate there- not available
Name of their representative to UN- not available
Symbolism of the flag- red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle; green stands for the country's agricultural economy, red signifies the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue symbolizes the bounty of the sea; the wreath-olive branch symbol is similar to that on the first flag of Eritrea from 1952. The shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the shape of the country
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National Symbols- The emblem of Eritrea is composed of a camel surrounded by a laurel wreath. To the Eritrean peoples, the camel is a symbol of success during the movement towards independence.
INternational Disputes- Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by 2002 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement; Sudan accuses Eritrea of supporting eastern Sudanese rebel groups; in 2008, Eritrean troops moved across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupied Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea
Refugee's- The value for Refugee population by country or territory of origin in Eritrea was 330,526.00 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 503,200.00 in 1992 and a minimum value of 43.00 in 1990
internally Displaced persons- 10,000 (border war with Ethiopia from 1998-2000; it has not been possible to confirm whether remaining IDPs are still living with hosts or have been returned or resettled)
Stateless people- An indeterminate number of persons of Eritrean origin in Ethiopia are stateless or vulnerable to it.
During the 1998-2000 border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, many people, especially those in mixed marriages or being descendents thereof, became stateless
Human Trafficking- Eritrea is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor domestically and, to a lesser extent, sex and labor trafficking abroad; the country’s national service program is often abused, with conscripts detained indefinitely and subjected to forced labor
Drug Use- It is very common for people in Eritrea use illegal drugs.
INternational Disputes- Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by 2002 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement; Sudan accuses Eritrea of supporting eastern Sudanese rebel groups; in 2008, Eritrean troops moved across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupied Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea
Refugee's- The value for Refugee population by country or territory of origin in Eritrea was 330,526.00 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 503,200.00 in 1992 and a minimum value of 43.00 in 1990
internally Displaced persons- 10,000 (border war with Ethiopia from 1998-2000; it has not been possible to confirm whether remaining IDPs are still living with hosts or have been returned or resettled)
Stateless people- An indeterminate number of persons of Eritrean origin in Ethiopia are stateless or vulnerable to it.
During the 1998-2000 border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, many people, especially those in mixed marriages or being descendents thereof, became stateless
Human Trafficking- Eritrea is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor domestically and, to a lesser extent, sex and labor trafficking abroad; the country’s national service program is often abused, with conscripts detained indefinitely and subjected to forced labor
Drug Use- It is very common for people in Eritrea use illegal drugs.