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VIDEO: Eritrean citizens stage extensive demonstration in San Francisco

 

Asmara, 22 February 2010 – Tens of thousands of Eritrean nationals today staged extensive demonstration in San Francisco city, USA, expressing anger and condemnation over the shameful and unjust US sanctions resolution against Eritrea, besides strengthening the national resolute rebuff.

The participants who took part in the demonstration from various cities by traveling long hours chanted slogans denouncing the vicious resolution calling for its annulment.

The demonstration that attracted the attention and coverage of a number of media outlets highlighted the resolute rebuff of the Eritrean people to enemy conspiracies.

Stating that the Eritrean people would never succumb to external hostilities but on the contrary reinforce their unity, the participants asserted that they would fulfill all that is expected of them.

The nationals who took active participation in the demonstration through meeting all challenges, including withstanding sever weather conditions transformed the main streets of the city into “Eritrea Square” for hours raising high the Eritrean flag, according to reports.

Moreover, they expressed strong conviction that Eritrea would keep on marching along the course of progress and prosperity on the basis of independent path, as well as reinforcing national unity and rebuffing enemy conspiracy. (Shabait)

 



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State of Eritrea ሃገረ ኤርትራ Hagere Ertra دولة إرتريا Dawlat Iritrīya

Anthem: Ertra, Ertra, Ertra Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea

Capital (and largest city) Asmara 15°20′N 38°55′E / 15.333°N 38.917°E / 15.333; 38.917

Official language(s) Tigrinya, Arabic, English Other languages Tigre, Saho, Bilen, Afar, Kunama, Nara, Hedareb,.

Ethnic groups 60% Tigrinya, 30% Tigre, 4% Afar, 3% Saho, 3% Kunama

Demonym Eritrean Government Provisional government - President Isaias Afewerki

Independence - From Italy November 1941 - From United Kingdom under UN Mandate 1951 - from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991 - From Ethiopia de jure 24 May 1993

Area - Total 117,600 km2 (100th) 45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%

Population - 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th) - 2008 census 5,291,370 - Density 43.1/km2 (165th) 111.7/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate - Total $3.625 billion[5] - Per capita $681[5] GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate - Total $2.117 billion[5] - Per capita $397[5] HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th) Currency Nakfa (ERN)

Time zone EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3) Drives on the right ISO 3166 code ER Internet TLD .er Calling code 291 1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV)

Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an estimated population of 6 million...

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