Afrol Eritrea Index Page: Links to Eritrea

The Eritrea Index Page

Welcome to our guide to links about Eritrea in the www. On the left, an updated list of contents. For those wanting to read some general information, statistics, etc. about Eritrea, see our Background Page or go to general information in the link list.

If you are looking for first hand information of high scientific value about Eritrea, have a look at our Eritrea Searches - the direct access to the databases of several UN-organizations and others. It's right below!

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Eritrea INDEX

Media & Government

Eritrea Searches

Here a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Eritrea when you search their database on the word "Eritrea":

UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Eritrea.

ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues.

FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Eritrea. Tons of free information!

ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Eritrea, although there is little African country-specific information.

Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool!

UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Eritrea in their database.

UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Eritrea.

WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Eritrea and the region doing a search in their database.

WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Eritrea. Write "Eritrea" in the "Document Title" bar.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections.

Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Eritrea, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...

Newspapers & Press

Here, you'll find links to Eritrean and non-Eritrean newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Eritrea, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Eritrea.

The Press in Eritrea

Eritrea Latest News is a good news service with regularly updated news. In English.

Press reporting about Eritrea

Africa Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Eritrea of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Eritrea.

Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Eritrea page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended.

Eritrea Times is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Eritrea, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world.

IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Eritrea archive, where articles from the last months about Eritrea figure.

NewAfrica, Eritrea offers interesting information about Eritrean infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.

One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Eritrea. In English, but not too regularly updated.

PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa.

Weather.com has a page about the weather in Eritrea.

International press

Le Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page.

The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa.

The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page.

The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed.

The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post.

The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters.

The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Eritrea page, were the last articles from WP are listed.

Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.

News & Discussion Groups

Africa Online Eritrea offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English.

L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc.

NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.

Government Offices

Embassies and Representations in Foreign Countries
The Eritrean Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, offers a large service of links to the most important African media and other services like tourist information, etc. Updated.

About Eritrean government, see also Politics and General Information, below.

Other

Cities & Towns

Weather.com has a page about the weather in Eritrea, with special information about some cities, like Asmara and Keren.

Companies

Culture

Afromix' web page to Eritrean music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Eritrean musicians. French and Spanish versions.

The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.

Economy

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists an Eritrea Page.

Eritrea Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality.

Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Eritrea concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc.

Planet Business-Eritrea offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders.

Education

Environment/Nature

NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Eritrea.

General Information/Read about Eritrea

The U.S. government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in the world, including Eritrea, being regularly updated. Big resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA. annual Factbook 2000 is probably the best and most updated collection of data on the web.
Another informative site is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Yet another, the travel warnings to each country of the world, by the same department.

The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups.

Infoplease.com contains a page about Eritrea with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc.

NewAfrica Eritrea offers interesting information about Eritrean infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has a very ample country profile of Eritrea. Includes lots of humanitarian information, especially about internally displaced people ("IDPs") and links to other resources (maps, etc). Very informative!

You can order books about Eritrea on amazon.com's web page.

Human Rights

The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Eritrea in 1997.

The most informative site about human rights in Eritrea is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Eritrea.

In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Eritrea, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.

Organisations

Politics

The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Eritrea in 1997.

Elections in Eritrea is a document realized by the website Elections around the world.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has country pages for most African countries, describing the refugee situation. Page contains annually updated texts and statistics about refugees living in the country and internally displaced. Go directly to their Eritrea page here.

In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Eritrea, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.

Resource Pages/Links

AdmiNet's Eritrea Page offers an ample, well organized list of links.

Africa dot com's Eritrea page with a general presentation, basic data and general travel information.

In Afrique francophone, only in French, you'll find links to some sites in francophone countries and francophone Africa in general.

The Index on Africa' Eritrea page includes various links. The index is created by The Norwegian Council for Africa, with the aim to strengthen the knowledge of Africa and African affairs. Their main page also has news and there are links to all countries on the continent.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and links to some Spanish spoken sites.

L'Afrique sur Internet is the website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to some site in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 and many bad connections.

Sports

Telecom/Internet Services

Network Startup Resource Center Eritrea Page contains information about telecommunications, internet services and networking in Eritrea.

Travel

Africaguide.com is a website with complete travel information on 51 African countries. In its pages about Eritrea you'll find data about region and towns, accommodation, tours and more.

Atevo travel destinations offers practical data about Eritrea, besides some travel guides.

Excite Travel has a site-page on Eritrea with some useful information and maps.

The INFOHUB travel guide to Eritrea has useful travel information, including links on accommodation and transportation.

Lonely Planet, the famous publisher of budget travel guides, has pages on each African country. On their Eritrea Page you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money & costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning. Detailed facts only in the guide books.

The U.S. State Department files travel information and warnings for all countries, world wide. Their annually updated pages contain a short description of the country and useful information about safety, crime rate, health services and insurance. Aimed at U.S. citizens, but useful for anybody. Go directly to their Eritrea Page.

World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures in Africa has a page on Eritrea. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country.

World Travel Guide's entry to Eritrea: This is a good, informative and well organised site. Lists all kind of practical information (passport, visa, etc.) and has an introduction to Eritrean tourist sites. Guides exist to all countries. You might want to go to their Africa Page. Also a German entry. Recommended.

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