Possible Clues:

• African state: it's about to enter historic period
• Retire unexpectedly, going to capital of African country
• 2001 Canadian peace keeping locale
• Eire art found in Africa
• African country on the Red Sea; capital, Asmara
• Where Arabic and Tigrinya are spoken
• NE African state
• Proper IT readiness is incomplete here in Africa
• Country altering rite in time
• Country with a camel on its coat of arms