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Horn of Africa Hearings, Donald M. Payne (D-NJ): Current Conditions and U.S. Policy

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Upcoming Hearings

June 17, 2010

Horn of Africa: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy

Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health

Hearings

Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health

Donald M. Payne (D-NJ), Chairman

Horn of Africa:
Current Conditions and U.S. Policy

You are respectfully requested to attend the following open hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Date Thursday, June 17, 2010

Time 10:00 AM

Location Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building

witnesses Mr. Ted Dagne
Specialist in African Affairs
Congressional Research Service

Ms. Leslie Lefkow
Senior Researcher
Africa Division
Human Rights Watch

Ms. Sadia Ali Aden
Human Rights Advocate and Freelance Writer

Kenneth John Menkhaus, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
Davidson College

Mr. Pagan Amum
Secretary General
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement

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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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