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Ethiopia and Eritrea - Fear For Fuming Fight
By: Lillian West (Source: Ben News Page)
Ethiopia and Eritrea: Allergic to Persuasion
Sally Healy and Martin Plaut
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: UNMEE envoy leaves, new force commander appointed
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ADDIS ABABA, 7 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - The top United Nations envoy to Ethiopia and Eritrea expressed both regret and determination in his farewell remarks on Thursday. |
Horn stalemate 'shocks' UN envoy
BBC - 07 April 2006
Talks due on Ethiopia-Eritrea 
News 24 South Africa via Yahoo! News - Apr 05, 2006
The panel charged with marking out the disputed border between Eritrea and Ethiopia is due to meet again in London.
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Less tension on disputed border, says UNMEE
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ADDIS ABABA, 11 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Tension along the disputed Ethiopia-Eritrea border has eased following the withdrawal of eight Ethiopian troop divisions from the frontier, a senior United Nations official said on Wednesday |
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Year in Review 2005 - Unresolved border tensions
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NAIROBI, 11 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The five-year unresolved border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea remained a major challenge as 2005 drew to a close. |
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Year in Brief, July-Dec 2005 - A chronology of key events (IRIN)
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Year in Brief, Jan-June 2005 - A chronology of key events (IRIN)
U.N.: Ethiopia pulls back from Eritrea border
CNN.com - Jan 11, 2006
ASMARA, Eritrea (Reuters) -- Tensions have lessened along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea after Addis Ababa complied with a United Nations' demand to withdraw troops from the unmarked frontier, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: EU envoy urges rethink on UNMEE restrictions
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ADDIS ABABA, 19 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - A European Union envoy has urged the international community to continue to press for the easing of tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea in order to avert a new war in the Horn of Africa. |
HORN OF AFRICA: UN relocates expelled staff from Eritrea to Ethiopia
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ASMARA/ADDIS ABABA, 15 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - The United Nations relocated some staff on Thursday from its peacekeeping mission in Eritrea to Ethiopia following Eritrea's decision to expel European and North American personnel working there. |
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ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: EU envoy urges rethink on UNMEE restrictions
AlertNet - Dec 19, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, 19 December (IRIN) - A European Union envoy has urged the international community to continue to press for the easing of tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea in order to avert a new war in the Horn of Africa.
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Miscalculation may lead to Ethiopia-Eritrea war: UN
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 12, 2005
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The head of U.N. peacekeeping warned Ethiopia and Eritrea on Monday against war begun by "miscalculation" over a tense border dispute.
- Japan to host int'l forum on African peace in Ethiopia in Feb.
Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 12, 2005 _ The Japanese government will host in Ethiopia a two-day international conference on Feb. 16 to promote peace in Africa, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
- ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Ease border tension, top UN official urges
AlertNet - Dec 12, 2005 ADDIS ABABA, 12 December (IRIN) - Ethiopia and Eritrea must take concrete actions to ease tensions along their shared frontier given continuing fears that war could break out afresh between the two countries, a top United Nations official said on Monday.
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Ethiopia ready to reduce forces on Eritrean border AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10, 2005
Ethiopia said it was ready to withdraw troops from its disputed border with Eritrea to conform with a United Nations Security Council resolution threatening sanctions, the official ENA Ethiopian news agency reported.
Eritrea-Ethiopia: Senior UN Officials to Assess Border Standoff
AllAfrica.com - Dec 09, 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will send two senior UN officials to Eritrea and Ethiopia to assess the volatile border standoff following a decision by the Eritrean government to expel personnel from the UN peacekeeping mission there.
Annan sending two UN officials to Eritrea/Ethiopia after expulsion order
AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08, 2005
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is sending two senior peacekeeping officials to Eritrea and Ethiopia to assess the situation in the wake of Eritrea's decision to expel Western peacekeepers from the area, his spokesman said.
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin said Friday Ethiopia is prepared to redeploy its forces consistent with the instruction of the UN Security Council.
Eritrea to expel UN peacekeepers
BBC, 7 December 2005
Eritrea bars Europeans and North Americans from the UN peacekeeping mission on the border with Ethiopia. Eritrean crackdown on religions (BBC) Dec 7, 2005 The number of Eritreans persecuted for practising religions not recognised by the state is on the rise, Amnesty International (AI) says.Yahoo! News:
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Eritrea expels peacekeeping staff
CNN.com - Dec 07, 2005 3:27 AM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Eritrea has ordered the expulsion of U.S., Canadian and European staff of the U.N. peacekeeping mission that monitors the tense border with neighboring Ethiopia, United Nations officials said Wednesday.
- Eritrea orders Western UN troops out: diplomats
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07, 2005
Eritrea has ordered U.N. troops and civilians from Western countries to leave within 10 days, a move that will make the U.N.'s observation of the tense border with Ethiopia impossible, diplomats said on Wednesday.
- Eritrea expels UN peacekeeping forces
International Herald Tribune - Dec 07, 2005 2:00 AM Eritrea has ordered the expulsion of U.S., Canadian, Russian and European staff of the U.N. peacekeeping mission that monitors the tense border with neighboring Ethiopia, United Nations officials said Wednesday.
- Eritrea expels UN peacekeepers from US, Canada, Europe, Russia
AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:40 AM Eritrea has ordered the expulsion of US, Canadian, European and Russian staff working for the UN mission that monitors its increasingly tense border with arch-rival Ethiopia, according to a government notice.
- ETHIOPIA: Four soldiers killed in landmine blast
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ADDIS ABABA, 29 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Four Ethiopian soldiers were killed and three wounded last week when their vehicle hit a newly laid landmine near the border with Eritrea, UN officials said on Tuesday. |
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Military officials trade accusations over border tension
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ADDIS ABABA, 28 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Ethiopia and Eritrea traded blame for the rising tensions along their shared border on Friday, but vowed not to ignite another war, the United Nations said on Saturday |
Security Council demands Eritrea, Ethiopia retreat from hostile postures
23 November 2005 – The Security Council today threatened actions – which could include sanctions – against Eritrea and Ethiopia if, in the case of Eritrea, it does not immediately rescind its ban on United Nations flights in its airspace, and against both parties in the recently rekindled Horn of Africa border dispute if they do not reverse their military build up.
CRISIS PROFILE: Ethiopia-Eritrea border trouble (Reuters)
UNMEE says Ethiopia/Eritrea border in tense situation AngolaPress - Nov 15, 2005 3:02 AM
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11/15 - The military situation in the temporary security zone (TSZ) and adjacent areas between Ethiopia and Eritrea was tense and potentially volatile, the UN peacekeeping mission there said Thursday.
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UN envoy to meet peacekeepers and officials
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ADDIS ABABA, 7 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - The United Nations Security Council envoy, Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, arrived in Addis Ababa on Sunday as tensions between Ethiopia and neighbouring Eritrea over an unresolved border dispute continued to be reported. |
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UN envoy to visit peacekeepers amid rising tension
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NAIROBI, 4 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Amid reports of rising tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea over their disputed border, the UN Security Council on Thursday authorised Kenzo Oshima, chairman of its working group on peacekeeping operations, to visit the UN peacekeeping mission in the region. |
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Annan urges restraint as troop movement reported on disputed border
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ASMARA, 3 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern on Wednesday about reported movements of military personnel on both the Ethiopian and Eritrean sides of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) along their common border |
As tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea escalate, Annan urges restraint
UN News: 2 November 2005 – Expressing deep concern about reports of military movements by Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the two Horn of Africa countries to show maximum restraint and called on the Security Council, as well as individual Member States, "to take decisive steps to defuse the escalating tension."
Africa army build-up alarms UN
BBC, 2 November 2005
The UN voices concern over reported troop movements by Ethiopia and Eritrea on their common border.
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| Eritrea has written two letters to the United Nations this week, accusing it of failing in its duty to resolve the border dispute with Ethiopia. |
Eritrea and Ethiopia (Economist), 28 October 2005
Eritrea, Crisis brews (News24), 28 October 2005
Anan calls on Security Council to act to avoid new Eritrean-Ethiopian fighting
25 October 2005
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: More restrictions imposed on UN Peacekeepers
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ADDIS ABABA, 25 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the tense border separating Ethiopia and Eritrea are facing more restrictions on their movements, an official has said. |
Annan writes to Eritrean President Afwerki seeking end to ban on UN helicopters (Arabic News.com)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has written to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, calling on him to lift Eritrea's ban on helicopter flights by the United Nations peacekeeping mission over its sector of the troubled frontier with Ethiopia.
Eritrea-UN, Politics, 10/22/2005
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Ethiopia concerned about Eritrean restrictions on UN, says Meles
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ADDIS ABABA, 19 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi expressed serious concern on Wednesday over restrictions imposed by Eritrea on United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the two countries' disputed border |
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UN mission to continue work despite flight restrictions
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ASMARA, 18 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it would not withdraw its peacekeepers from Eritrea and Ethiopia despite their ability to monitor the two countries' tense border being seriously hampered by a recent ban imposed by Eritrea on UN helicopter flights |
Ethiopian border stance risks aid
22 October 2005
Eritrea rejects UN flight request (BBC), 22 October 2005
Eritrea dismisses a UN plea to open its airspace to peacekeeping flights amid growing threat of war with Ethiopia.
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Eritrea-Ethiopia Standoff Continues
AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 19 11:28 AM
Isolated, authoritarian Eritrea often gets blamed for tensions along its border with Ethiopia, with whom it fought a war devastating to both desperately poor countries.
Eritrea-Ethiopia standoff continues
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Oct 19 12:02 PM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Isolated, authoritarian Eritrea often gets blamed for tensions along its border with Ethiopia, with whom it fought a war devastating to both desperately poor countries.
Eritrea-Ethiopia standoff continues
Herald Online - Oct 19 11:45 AM
By ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press Writer ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Isolated, authoritarian Eritrea often gets blamed for tensions along its border with Ethiopia, with whom it fought a war devastating to both desperately poor countries.
Eritrea, Ethiopia stand-off shows no sign of abating
Mail and Guardian - Oct 19 4:28 AM
Eritrea reined in United Nations peacekeepers along its border with Ethiopia, leaving the force incapable of giving the world much warning if the Horn of Africa rivals were to clash again.
Ethiopia warns Eritrea over border tensions
Gulf Times - Oct 16 2:45 AM
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said yesterday that he wants a peaceful resolution of rising border tensions with arch-foe Eritrea but warned Asmara of UN-backed military action if it violates a four-year-old truce.
Ethiopia moves troops to Eritrean border
CNN.com - Oct 15 2:14 PM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) -- Ethiopia's prime minister said on Saturday he had moved more troops to the border with Eritrea since December to prevent any "miscalculation" by its old foe in an escalating border row.
Ethiopia ready for border talks, but cautions Eritrea AngolaPress - Oct 16 11:51 AM
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10/16 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Saturday his government was ready to resume dialogue with Eritrea on a peaceful resolution of the eight-year border dispute between the two countries.
Ethiopia annoyed by EU statement on domestic politics AngolaPress - Oct 15 2:09 AM
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10/15 - The Ethiopian government Friday cautioned the European Union Parliament "to honestly assess the objective realities" in the east African country and refrain from vilification campaigns.
Eritrea limits UN night patrols (BBC): 14 October 2005
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Asmara imposes more restrictions on peacekeepers
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ADDIS ABABA, 13 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The Eritrean government has imposed more restrictions on the movement of United Nations peacekeepers in the country, days after grounding UN helicopter flights, a spokesperson said. |
U.N. forced to leave two Eritrean border posts
ASMARA, Oct 12, 2005 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers were forced to withdraw from two posts in the buffer zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea and more withdrawals are possible after U.N. helicopters were grounded last week, a U.N. commander said on Wednesday...
11 October 2005
'Intelligence Brief: Eritrea'
ERITREA: Flight restrictions to affect border monitoring
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ASMARA, 7 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The decision by the Eritrean government to restrict United Nations helicopter flights will significantly reduce the organisation's ability to monitor the situation on the border with neighbouring Ethiopia, the top UN military commander in the region said. |
ERITREA: Gov't urged to reverse restrictions on UNMEE flights
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NAIROBI, 5 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The United Nations Security Council has called upon the Eritrean government to reverse a decision to restrict within its airspace helicopter flights used by the UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea [UNMEE]. |
Ethiopia and Eritrea: Returning to war?
06 October,2005
U.N. warns Eritrea, Ethiopia not to restart war
Reuters.co.uk - October 4 , 2005
Eritrea told the United Nations the flights, which resupply peacekeepers monitoring a cease-fire with Ethiopia, had to stop on Wednesday afternoon. The helicopters bring in food, medicine, evacuate the sick and conduct reconnaissance.
Eritrea warns of renewed war with Ethiopia
CNN.com - Sep 22 , 2005
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Eritrea warned the United Nations on Wednesday that it might rekindle its border war with Ethiopia if the world body failed to resolve a lingering territorial dispute between the two neighbors.
Eritrea slams 'pathetic' UN border resolution
Mail and Guardian - Sep 14, 2005 8:30 AM
Eritrea on Wednesday denounced as "toothless, meaningless [and] pathetic" the latest United Nations Security Council resolution on its festering border tensions with neighbouring Ethiopia
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Security Council extends UNMEE mandate
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NAIROBI, 14 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - The UN Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday until 15 March 2006, but expressed concern over the high concentration of troops from both parties near the border, over which the countries fought a two-year war. |
Report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea
The report also describes the activities of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), the current mandate of which expires on 15 September 2005
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE warns of continuing border incidents
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ADDIS ABABA, 21 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has expressed concern over "continuing incidents of violence" along the disputed 1,000 km border between the countries. Full report |
This view on the recent statement of UN Security Council on Ethiopia and Eritrea 15 Jul 2005
U.N. pressures Ethiopia to accept border decision
AlertNet - Jul 12 , 2005
ASMARA, July 12 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council has urged Ethiopia to accept a binding ruling on its border with Eritrea, the root of an increasingly hostile stalemate between the two foes since a 1998-2000 war
 UN Security Council discusses options for ending Ethiopia-Eritrea stalemate - 11 July 2005
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UNMEE dismisses exchange of fire along Ethio-Eritrea border |
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Addis Ababa, June 30,2005 (WIC) - The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) disclosed today that there has not been a single incident of exchange of fire between Ethiopian and Eritrean defense forces across the border. |
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UN concern at Horn border gunfire (BBC) 29 June 2005 |
| United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan says he is "deeply concerned" over recent shooting in the security zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
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