War Cemetery, State Of Eritrea, Africa

In its 2010 Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders classified the media environment in Eritrea at 178 out of 178, the lowest possible rating, and below that of totalitarian North Korea at 177. According to the BBC, "Eritrea is the only African country to have no privately-owned news media", and Reporters Without Borders said of the public media, "they do nothing but relay the regime's belligerent and ultra-nationalist discourse. ... Not a single foreign correspondent now lives in Asmara."
National elections
Eritrean National elections were set for 2001 but was then decided that because 20% of Eritrea's land was under occupation, elections would be postponed until the resolution of the conflict with Ethiopia. However, local elections have continued in Eritrea. The most recent round of local government elections were held in May 2004. On further elections, the President's Chief of Staff, Yemane Gebremeskel said,