{"id":15723,"date":"2026-08-26T12:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/pays\/eritrea\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:30","slug":"eritrea","status":"publish","type":"pays","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/pays\/eritrea\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Population<\/strong>: 7,166,803<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official languages<\/strong>: Tigrinya, Arabic, English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Common languages<\/strong>: Tigrinya, Kunama, Afar, Bilen, Saho, Nara, and other Cushitic languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Political System<\/strong>: One-party republic (Isaias Afwerki)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"contenu__titre\">Eritrea and Eastern Christians<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The main religion in Eritrea is Sunni Islam (50%), followed by the Orthodox faith (30%). 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