News and Media

» Bombing Raids Renew Ethiopian-Eritrean Fighting    Ethiopian jets bombed sites near the Eritrean port of Assab. Report by CNN, US.    http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9902/14/eritrea.01/index.html

» Brothers Divided by War    Children pay the price as former allies Eritrea and Ethiopia battle over border. The Guardian, UK.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3882849,00.html

» Conflict Between Ethiopia and Eritrea    Explains the historical motives of the war and offers links for background information.    http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/EthiopiaEritrea.asp

» Eritrea - Ethiopia Boundary Commission    UN report with the decision of the commission and maps [pdf files] published in April, 2002.    http://www.un.org/NewLinks/eebcarbitration/

» Ethiopia Eritrea Conflict    Presenting the Ethiopian view of the dispute.    http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Park/5875/Eritrea-Ethiopia.html

» Ethiopia and Eritrea - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers    List of volunteers, stories and photos from service in the countries 1962-1976 and 1995-1999 and bibliography.    http://www.ethiopiaeritrearpcvs.org/

» Ethiopia and Eritrea Set for "All-out War"    Intense fighting breaks out between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the border area of Badme. A report in the Guardian, UK.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3818735,00.html

» How Allies Became Enemies    Discusses one of the causes that led to the war after Eritrea became independent. BBC, UK.    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/273922.stm

» Human Rights Watch: Mass Expulsions and the Nationality Issue    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.    http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/ethioerit0103/

» Human Waves Fall as War Aims Unfold    Ethiopia's Tigrayan-dominated regime wants a path to the sea - through neighbouring Eritrea.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3866153,00.html

» Silent Passage    A report on the fate of people deported from Ethiopia to Eritrea.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3887394,00.html

» Victims of Horn of Africa's Fruitless Frontier War    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 G    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3917374,00.html

» When Two Tribes Go to War, Only the Arms Dealers Win    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.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3829163,00.html