Vol 49 No 17 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Bristling border 22nd August 2008 The United Nations has given up, the parties will not talk and the troops are face to face The risk of another war between Ethiopia and Eritrea grew on 31 July, when the United Nations Security Council closed its mission along the border, the UN...
Vol 49 No 13 | DJIBOUTIERITREA Shooting war in Djibouti 20th June 2008 The border battle at the mouth of the Red Sea looks more like Eritrean aggression Fighting has begun around Ras Doumeira, the area of Djibouti seized by Eritrean troops in April (AC Vol 49 No 11). Both sides had built up their forces,...
Vol 49 No 11 | DJIBOUTIERITREA A dangerous invasion 23rd May 2008 Eritrea sent its troops into Djibouti, a small country with powerful allies After Djibouti complained that Eritrea had invaded, President Issayas Afewerki responded on 19 May that this was 'a wild invention' with hidden foreign backing. On 4 April, Eritrean...
Vol 49 No 7 | ERITREA The border deadlock 28th March 2008 The UN is casting around for big ideas to end the dangerous stalemate of the future of the border - but none have emerged yet Next week, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to deliver a report on the Ethiopian-Eritrean border dispute which Ethiopia hopes will break the logjam and deliver a...