Security Council Calls on Ethiopia and Eritrea to Resolve Boundary Dispute

by Nick Freundlich
The Security Council of the United Nations recently urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to settle the dispute over their common border peacefully, referring to a 2002 delimitation decision by the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commissioni and to the Algiers Agreement which ended the war between them. Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, declared that [...]

Eritrea says U.N. most to blame for border impasse (Eve)

Last week, Eritrea blamed the UN for the five year border fight with Ethiopia.  Both countries have over 100,000 troops stationed near the borders, which is causing people to fear a repeat of 1998-2000 war between the two countries.  Though their was a ruling about the borders, Eritrea has long since been complaining about the [...]

Eritrea and Ethiopia on the brink of a war over border

by Ann Noling 
           
The International Crisis Group warned Monday that the long-standing border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritreais in serious risk of once again developing into war. The two countries fought a war over the border between 1998 and 2000, during which an estimated 80,000 people were killed. Although a border was set in 2002, [...]

Battles rock Mogadishu for second day (Eve)

Fighting in the Mogadishu, the Somalian capital, has continued on for a second day.  The Ethiopian forces are one of many apparent rebel groups that have attacked the capital city, and already there are 15 known to be dead and many more missing.  Citizens are hiding in their houses or attempting to flee the city, and [...]

NY Times on Ethiopia and Eritrea

In the Opinion section of the NY Times, there is a piece on Ethiopia and Eritrea.  I’m quoting the piece in full:
Eritrea and Ethiopia seem well on their way to starting yet another destructive war. Tensions between the two Horn of Africa countries have hovered near a boiling point ever since Eritrea wrenched its independence [...]

Ethiopia v. Eritrea, the constant battle (Lena Bell)

On Monday, the president of Ethiopia activated the Ethiopian military in response to a “growing threat” from neighboring rival Eritrea. President Girma has made his options clear: make peace with Eritrea or defend Ethiopia militarily. Conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea stems from the border war that ended seven years ago. Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia [...]

Risk Grows of Horn of Africa Conflict (Marc Mechanic)

Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a pact that ended their border war conflict in 2000. The fighting lasted from 1998 to 2000, killing at least 70,000 people. Ethiopia’s foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin, declared that Eritrea is violating provisions under the agreement leading them to consider their “peaceful and legal options under international law.” [...]

Regional and global politics in the Horn of Africa

Even though we’re about to begin discussing North Africa, I wanted to point out a recent article on Eritrea in the New York Times.  The article does a good job of explaining the tense relations between the United States and Eritrea.  The author, Jeffrey Gentleman, not only explains the nature of the disagreement between the [...]