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September 16, Report. May 28, Report. March 5, Report. August 8, Report. October 12, News Release. July 30, Interview. June 22, Statement. February 26, Dispatches. Official Name. State of Eritrea. Common Name. Arabic, English, Tigrinya. Bordering Countries. Djibouti Ethiopia Sudan. Outlets run by Eritreans overseas provide alternative sources of news but their reach is limited, not least because of very low levels of internet access. Some key dates in Eritrea's history:.

UN lifts sanctions. Eritrea: Call to free dissidents. Eritrea: The land its citizens want to forget. Eritrea Ministry of Information. UN news about Eritrea. UN Mission - Ethiopia and Eritrea. Fleeing Eritrea is dangerous, because a border conflict with Ethiopia is still smoldering. In Asmara, Abraham and John agree to talk in a car. Those are not their real names as it is forbidden to criticize the government in Eritrea. With loud music in the background, they tell their stories. Such trading is prohibited in Eritrea.

If he were to be caught, he would land in jail. Abraham and John have both been to university. But there are hardly any jobs in Eritrea's tiny private sector and wages and salaries in the numerous state-owned enterprises are low. The cost of living is high in Eritrea. A pound half a kilo of noodles costs about the same.

A liter of petrol costs about 3 euros. The monthly wages paid to the hundreds of thousands of conscripts range between 50 and euros.

The frustration this economic deprivation causes as well as the fear of the state and its prisons can be sensed wherever you go in Eritrea.

Yemane Gebreab is the personal advisor to President Isaias Afwerki and is regarded as the second most powerful person in the country. Gebreab speaks precisely and softly, in a manner slightly reminiscent of an old-fashioned accountant. Eritrea, he maintains, is simply misunderstood by the international community. I say how can national service in a very small country become a topic of global conversation?