General Resources: Eritrea

The sites listed below were chosen for their utility in providing information (either brief or extensive) as well as directories and more extensive portal pages concerning aspects of Eritrean life and culture. An ever-growing Eritrean expatriate community has been created around the globe. Many of the following web sites stem from these Eritrean communities.

For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult the Eritrea Country page of the African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division. The Library of Congress Online Catalog is available at http://catalog.loc.gov . To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do with the topic, consult the Library's Thomas Legislative Information page at: http://thomas.loc.gov .

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/eritrea.html)
This site offers extensive links to many Eritrean related websites.

African Studies Internet Resources (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Eritrea.html)
This page Provides links to sites on general resources, from environment, health and education to economy, politics and human rights.

Asmarino (http://asmarino.com/default.asp)
In Tigrinya and English.

CIA -- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.htmlgeos/er.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of political, social and military history of Eritrea.

Country Reports about Eritrea (http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=75&countryName=Eritrea )
Offers links to sites about Eritrea on such subjects as government, the military, economy, the weather, etc

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/Eritrea.asp)
The site provides numerous narrative articles on Eritrea’s history, culture, and politics.

Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Islamic Calendar Converter (http://wwwcgi.umr.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/msaumr/hijri)
This English language website not only converts the present Gregorian date, in common use in the West, to its modern Hijra equivalent (in common use in the Islamic World), it also provides a mechanism, based on software developed by Waleed A. Muhanna, to convert all past dates from Gregorian-Hijra or Hijra-Gregorian.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/eritrea/)
Provides information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment of Eritrea

Meskerem (http://www.meskerem.net/)
News articles and links to other web sites are presented in multiple languages including English, Tigrinya, and Arabic.

OneWorld.net (http://www.oneworld.net/article/searchswitch/?SearchText=eritrea)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special reports.

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/bkg.nsf/doc200?OpenForm&rc=1&cc=eri&mode=cp )
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief community”. The link offers news updates to crisis situations in Eritrea and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.

United States. Agency for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse(DEC) (http://dec.usaid.gov/)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions, developing countries, and the public worldwide."

United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/er/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to Eritrea are available on this link.

United States. Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject and format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.