{"id":4946,"date":"2015-11-05T06:44:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T06:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2015-11-05T06:44:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T06:44:48","slug":"what-its-like-inside-asmara-one-of-africas-most-isolated-capitals-by-matina-stevis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/11\/05\/what-its-like-inside-asmara-one-of-africas-most-isolated-capitals-by-matina-stevis\/","title":{"rendered":"What It\u2019s Like Inside Asmara, One of Africa\u2019s Most Isolated Capitals By MATINA STEVIS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Asmara, Eritrea, a young man walks outside an abandoned building in central Asmara. On the roof is a poster of Eritrean fighters rising to the top of a hill, in honor those who fought in a 30-year struggle for independence from Ethiopia, which was achieved in 1993<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ASMARA, Eritrea\u2014In one of Africa\u2019s most isolated and picturesque capitals, little is what it seems.<\/p>\n

Cloistered for decades by war and a reclusive policy of self-reliance, Asmara is a study in contrasts: Stunning modernist architecture clashes with deep poverty in a nation facing one of the world\u2019s fastest emigration rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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