{"id":6630,"date":"2016-05-14T17:41:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=6630"},"modified":"2016-05-14T17:41:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:41:30","slug":"eritrea-a-small-nation-on-the-horn-of-africa-is-one-of-the-most-isolated-countries-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2016\/05\/14\/eritrea-a-small-nation-on-the-horn-of-africa-is-one-of-the-most-isolated-countries-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrea, a small nation on the Horn of Africa, is one of the most isolated countries in the world."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QYAKB85RiQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s very rare for Western journalists to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/eritrea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eritrea<\/a>. FRANCE 24 has just spent a week there. Although often accompanied by government \u201cminders\u201d, our reporters tried to find out why thousands of Eritreans flee their country every month, despite there being neither war nor famine. Along with Syria and Afghanistan, Eritrea is one of the most highly represented countries among migrants trying to reach Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20150626-eritrea-migrants-europe-france-libya-asylum\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&gt;&gt; Also read on France24.com: &#8220;The long road to Paris for Eritrea&#8217;s refugees&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little-known East African nation was born in 1991 after a thirty-year armed struggle for independence against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/ethiopia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethiopia<\/a>. Another bloody border dispute between 1998 and 2000 left some 80,000 people dead. Ever since then, Ethiopia has occupied part of Eritrea, which claims it is threatened by its vast neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>The Eritrean government has therefore implemented an indefinite national military service, which is compulsory. This poorly paid service, which can last more than a decade, is the main reason why so many young people try to flee. They also want to escape poverty and the authoritarian Marxist regime of President Isaias Afwerki, the independence hero who has been in power for the last 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Our reporters met ordinary Eritreans, members of the government and the government&#8217;s opponents in exile in a bid to understand this isolated, fascinating nation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It&#8217;s very rare for Western journalists to go to Eritrea. FRANCE 24 has just spent a week there. 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