Ethiopia-Eritrean relation

By chuckenglish

  • Independence

    Eritrea becomes independent following referendum.

  • Dispute

    Ethiopian-Eritrean border dispute erupts into armed clashes.

  • War

    Ethiopian- Eritrean border clashes turn into a full-scale war.

  • Ceasefire

    Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a ceasefire agreement which provides for a UN observer force to monitor the truce and supervise the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Eritrean territory.

  • Peace agreement

    Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a peace agreement in Algeria, ending two years of conflict. The agreement establishes commissions to delineate the disputed border and provides for the exchange of prisoners and the return of displaced people.

  • Badme

    Ethiopia, Eritrea accept a new common border, drawn up by an independent commission, though both sides then lay claim to the town of Badme.

  • Badme to Eritrea

    Independent boundary commission rules that the disputed town of Badme lies in Eritrea. Ethiopia says the ruling is unacceptable.

  • Ethiopia reacts to Badme

    Ethiopia says it accepts "in priniciple" a boundary commission's ruling on its border with Eritrea. But a protracted stalemate over the disputed town of Badme continues.

  • Hague ruling

    International commission, based in The Hague, rules that Eritrea broke international law when it attacked Ethiopia in 1998.