Sentence examples for eritrea from inspiring English sources

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eritrea

proper noun

Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: State of Eritrea. Its capital city is Asmara.

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Ethiopia accused Eritrea of masterminding that kidnapping but Eritrea blamed an Ethiopian rebel group.

The numbers of people – men, women and children – desperate to move north has risen drastically over the past 10 years, as war carves its way through countries such as Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic and South Sudan, and economic atrophy grips the sclerotic Mediterranean rim and troubled states further south such as Eritrea.

Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 but the two countries soon became embroiled in border disputes.

Simon blamed rebels trained and armed by neighbouring Eritrea, which remains a bitter foe.

Eritrea dismissed the allegation as an "absolute lie".

Tension grew last year when a UN report revealed that Eritrea was behind a plot to attack an AU summit in Ethiopia in January.

"Eritrea has nothing to do with any of these movements".

As many again are coming from Eritrea.

Suspects are often "found" to have links with familiar bogeymen: neighbouring hostile Eritrea; the Oromo Liberation Front, a movement in the centre and south; or, in the heartland of the once-ruling Amhara around Addis Ababa, "terrorist groups" whose existence is fuzzy.The opposition's lot may be worsening.

Last year, according to the UNHCR, 31% of arrivals were Syrians, and 18% were fleeing Eritrea.

Meanwhile, parts of eastern Sudan, near the border with Eritrea, are restless too.

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