Eritrea is a northeast African country on the Red Sea coast. It shares borders with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti. The capital city, Asmara, is known for its Italian colonial buildings, like St. Joseph’s Cathedral, as well as art deco structures.
The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, indicated by an improvement in gross domestic product (GDP) in October 2012 of 7.5 percent over 2011. However, worker remittances from abroad are estimated to account for 32 percent of gross domestic product. Eritrea has an extensive amount of resources such as copper, gold, granite, marble, and potash. The Eritrean economy has undergone extreme changes due to the War of Independence.
In 2011, Eritrea’s GDP grew by 8.7 percent making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
Eritrea has a mixed legal system of civil, customary, and Islamic law. Eritrea has three types of courts: Civil, Special, and Military. The Eritrean Constitution sits at the top of the hierarchy of the Eritrean laws.
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