Throughout the country's 25-year history, Eritrea's border with Ethiopia has been a hotly-disputed region. Eritrea shares a 640-mile boundary with its Horn of Africa neighbor, from whom it only ...

After sixteen years of ceasefire from a border war, Eritrea and Ethiopia clashed on June 12. Hundreds have been reported dead. Both countries are pointing fingers at the other as the original ...

Almost everywhere you go in Zalambessa, a town on Ethiopia's border with Eritrea, there are reminders of war: buildings in rubble, walls riddled with bullet holes and a border still delineated by ...

Two border crossings between Ethiopia and Eritrea reopened Tuesday, strengthening a promise of reconciliation between the countries' leaders after a border war and 20 years of bitter relations.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Eritrea has partially closed two border crossings with Ethiopia that opened this year after the former East African rivals made peace and restored relations, an Ethiopian ...

Eritrea triggered the border war with Ethiopia when it attacked its neighbour in May 1998, an international commission in the Hague has ruled. Since there was no armed attack against Eritrea, its ...

The brief statement from the Eritrean Ministry of Information said the attacks occurred on the Tsorona Central Front. Tsorona is a village located near the border, a little over 35 kilometers from ...

But peace was never fully restored as Ethiopia refused to implement a ruling by a border commission established by the agreement. Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1991 but members of the ...