Portal:Africa/Countries/Selected country/18
 |
.svg) |
||
| |||
Oriental Orthodox Christianity) and nine ethnic groups. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The east and northeast of the country have 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 was consolidated into a
a UN-supervised referendum
, Eritrea declared and gained international recognition for its independence in 1993.
(Read more...)