Open Directory - Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: Specific Conflicts: Ethiopia - Eritrea
See also: - UN report with the decision of the commission and maps [pdf files] published in April, 2002. - List of volunteers, stories and photos from service in the countries 1962-1976 and 1995-1999 and bibliography. - Report on citizens and residents of Ethiopia and Eritrea who were uprooted and deprived of their residence and nationality during the 1998-2000 border war. - Discusses one of the causes that led to the war after Eritrea became independent. BBC, UK. (April 23, 2002) - Explains the historical motives of the war and offers links for background information. (February 09, 2002) - Thousands of soldiers recruited for the Eriteran and Ethiopian armies have been slaughtered in a futile war between the two previously friendly neighbours. Audrey Gillan talks to young prisoners who only yearn for peace and to return to their homes. The Guardian, UK. (October 24, 1999) - A report on the fate of people deported from Ethiopia to Eritrea. (July 28, 1999) - Children pay the price as former allies Eritrea and Ethiopia battle over border. The Guardian, UK. (July 13, 1999) - Ethiopia's Tigrayan-dominated regime wants a path to the sea - through neighbouring Eritrea. (May 18, 1999) - Two poor but independent African states Ethiopia and Eritrea are fighting each other with modern tanks, aircraft and artillery for the sake of a few miles of stony nothingness. The Guardian, UK. (February 28, 1999) - Intense fighting breaks out between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the border area of Badme. A report in the Guardian, UK. (February 07, 1999)
