Ethiopia and Eritrea are on edge again: what’s behind the growing risk of war

By Yohannes Gedamu, Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College

The histories of Eritrea and Ethiopia have long been closely intertwined. Once part of Ethiopia, Eritrea launched an armed struggle for independence in 1961 that resulted in its secession in 1993 following a referendum. But since Eritrea’s independence, relations between the two countries have evolved through many ups and downs, which include a devastating war from 1998 to 2000, followed by two decades of mutual isolationism.

The two countries appeared…

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