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  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Asmara is the capital of Eritrea, and became an Art Deco laboratory during the 1930s, rationalism, Novecento, neo-Classicism, neo-Baroque and monumentalism are among the varied avant-garde styles that still can be seen there, the result today is hundreds of aging, sherbet-colored buildings that are still standing in the former italian quarter
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Asmara is the capital of Eritrea, and became an Art Deco laboratory during the 1930s, rationalism, Novecento, neo-Classicism, neo-Baroque and monumentalism are among the varied avant-garde styles that still can be seen there, the result today is hundreds of aging, sherbet-colored buildings that are still standing in the former italian quarter
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Asmara is the capital of Eritrea, and became an Art Deco laboratory during the 1930s, rationalism, Novecento, neo-Classicism, neo-Baroque and monumentalism are among the varied avant-garde styles that still can be seen there, the result today is hundreds of aging, sherbet-colored buildings that are still standing in the former italian quarter
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
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Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
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In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
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  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
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With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
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Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
  • Eritrea: the North Korea of Afric<br />
<br />
With  an  average  income  per  person  of  only  300  dollars,  Eritrea  is  one  of  the  10 poorest  countries  in  the  world.    Its  population  depends  on  remittances  from  the large diaspora (of which the Eritrean government takes 2%) to meet its basic needs. The exchange rate on the black market makes it possible to get twice the amount of nafka, the local currency, than the official government issued rate would suggest.<br />
According  to  2013  estimates,  life  expectancy  is  61  years  for  men,  65.4  for  women.  Eritrea  ranks  181  out  of  187  in  the  UN-issued  human  development  index  which measures health, education, and living standards (2012).<br />
<br />
Total government spending on health in 2011: 17 dollars per person...<br />
The  head  of  state  since  independence  in  1993,  President  Issayas  Afeworki,  has centralized power into a government dictatorship.  The process of democratization, started   in   1997   with   the   adoption   of   a   new   constitution,   has   been   entirely abandoned. The  suppression  of  liberties  and  basic  human  rights  of  this  regime  is  astounding: only a single political party exists, the justice system is directly under the executive branch,  the  number  of  political  prisoners  is  increasing  regularly,  freedom  of  the press is nonexistent, arbitrary arrests are rampant, and habeas corpus is unheard of.  The image of the president is rarely seen but his presence is constantly felt.<br />
<br />
Just  like  in  North  Korea,  Eritrea  boasts  a  self-sufficient  political-economic  system but  fails  to  meet  the  most  basic  dietary  needs  of  its  population.    This  is  best symbolized by Asmara’s metal market, where all this is metallic is recycled. There is no room for waste. <br />
<br />
In  2010,  Eritrea  received  a  total  of  121  million  euros  in  official  development assistance. In November 2011, Eritrea decided to put an end to this foreign aid. The government force
    ExPix_ Eritrea_the_North_Korea_of_Af...jpg
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