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Crime-free city
Posted: 17 Jul 2025, 18:06
by Zmeselo
@SultanMSied1
Asmara was certainly the only African city in which not only was I regularly offered lifts by strangers, but I accepted them without hesitation. The most dangerous thing that could happen to you in Asmara after dark, was to stumble on a piece of broken paving.
A British tourist
Re: Crime-free city
Posted: 17 Jul 2025, 19:05
by Zmeselo
Re: Crime-free city
Posted: 17 Jul 2025, 19:12
by Zmeselo
Eritrea's forest cover, which once accounted for about 30% of the country's total land area, had dramatically decreased to less than 1% (FAO, 1997).
In 2003, i.e. a decade after the annual Students’ Summer Work Program's launch and through various national greening campaigns, forest coverage had rebounded to around 15% (FAO, 2005).
Considering this trend, it's reasonable to expect that by 2025, i.e. 22 years later, forest coverage could approach or even surpass the original 30%.
Re: Crime free city
Posted: 17 Jul 2025, 20:49
by Dark Energy
Terrorism by the regime is not what has kept Asmara peaceful, it is the same culture that kept other Eritrean cities and towns peaceful during the struggle. I always wonder how Eritrea would have feared under the democratic respectful Jebha. Unfortunately, devil has his own ways.
