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Demographics of Eritrea

Describing estimates of the Eritrean population is contentious. The most recent discussions include:

RfC: consensus for the inclusion of all relevant estimates.

Eritrea‘s history didn’t only cover Axumite kingdom but also the Kingdom of punt of which Eritrea was part of from 2500BC until 1000bc, the DMT kingdom and Adulite-Aksumite kingdom. Please update that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CB:4F24:5000:E1B3:D5CC:3C4F:4BFA (talk) 14:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect label for type of government

The article says, "Eritrea is one of the least developed countries. It is a unitary one-party presidential republic in which national legislative and presidential elections have never been held."

I think the word "republic" should be removed or replaced. If (as the sentence states), "national legislative and presidential elections have never been held", then it's not a republic. 74.98.11.205 (talk) 19:51, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2024

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erythros "red land" Desert (Red Sand) it gave the name, erythros to the Sea of the coast line.[Egypt, Culf of Adin, also part of the Indian Ocean were the Red Sea flows]. 78.145.255.116 (talk) 13:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamedeus (talk) 16:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eritrea‘s history doesn’t only cover the Axumite kingdom but also the kingdom of punt of which Eritrea was a part of from 2500BC-1000BC

Eritrea‘s history doesn’t only cover the Axumite kingdom but also the kingdom of punt of which Eritrea was a part of from 2500BC-1000BC 2003:CB:4F24:5000:E1B3:D5CC:3C4F:4BFA (talk) 15:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources: Book archeology of punt by Rodolfo Fattovich https://www.jstor.org/stable/26843207

various of Eritrean sources http://www.madote.com/2010/03/land-of-punt-is-eritrea.html?m=1

Eritrean state media https://shabait.com/2010/04/09/the-land-of-punt-is-eritrea-part-ii/ 2003:CB:4F24:5000:E1B3:D5CC:3C4F:4BFA (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In intro: change

"Tigrinya, Arabic, English and Italian serve as the four working languages."

to

"Tigrinya, Arabic, and English serve as the three working languages."

(or provide a source for the claim that Italian is a working language) 2600:8800:2C09:3200:D114:C92E:C37:D9A7 (talk) 05:29, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Lightoil (talk) 17:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update to Sport section with Biniam Girmay's two Tour de France stage wins

Maybe Wikipedia folks are waiting to see if Girmay wins other stages or holds onto the Green jersey, but this guy is a KING in Eritrea right now. Two stage wins do far! Hopefully it will be updated soon. 2601:14B:C301:3300:E930:66B9:2573:2135 (talk) 10:44, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]