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Background: Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a
federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10
years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that
ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental
forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993
referendum. A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia
that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices in December 2000.
Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is
monitoring a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border
with Ethiopia. An international commission, organized to
resolve the border dispute, posted its findings in 2002.
However, both parties have been unable to reach agreement on
implementing the decision. In November 2006, the international
commission informed Eritrea and Ethiopia they had one year to
demarcate the border or the border demarcation would be based
on coordinates.
Borders: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km
Population: 4,401,357
GDP per capita: $220.36 per capita
Capital with population: Asmara - 400,000
Largest city with population: Asmara - 400,000
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