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Who's Who in Eritrea - Italian 1952 Part I
Who's Who in Eritrea - Italian 1952 Part II
AFRICAN AFFAIRS VOL. 53 – 213 Oct 1954
ERITREA SELF-GOVERNING
By E.R.J. HUSSEY, C.M.G.
I have chosen "Eritrea Self-Governing" as a title and indeed the year of
my sojourn in the country very neatly coincided with the first year of
Eritrean independence. I arrived in Asmara on December 11 1952, the
Eritreans having taken over the reins of government in the proceeding
September, and I left on December 11 1953. It was clearly a year of
great importance to Eritrea.
In many countries of the world people were eager to see how this UNO
plan for the future of the country would work out in practice, Eritrea
being responsible for its own internal affairs, while Ethiopia, to which
it was federated, would have responsibility for Highways and Railways,
Posts and Telegraphs, Currency, Ports and Customs. In regards to the
latter, dues levied on goods intended for Eritrea was passed on to the
Eritrea government.
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Eritrea:
Human Rights In 1955
THE MODERN LAW REVIEW
The Constitution of Eritrea, drafted by a United Nations
Commissioner, adopted by the Eritrean Constituent Assembly in July,
1952, and ratified inAugust by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
Ethiopia as Sovereign of theFederation, became effective with the
withdrawal of the British administration in September of that year. Its
basis is the separation ofpowers, subject to a limited, power in the
executive to control thelegislature and appoint to the judiciary, and to
a power in the judiciary todeclare unconstitutional an executive order
or a legislative act.
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