ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: Close to war again!

From: New African | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Ankomah, Baffour | Copyright information

Eritrea and Ethiopia fought a devastating border war from 1998 to 2000 that killed over 75,000 people on both sides. The two countries are close to war again, according to reliable sources in both countries. Baffour Ankomah reports.

As the world's attention has been focused on Iraq, tension has gradually mounted to boiling point in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and there are increasing fears that they may soon go to war - again - if the world does not stop them. This was the alarming consensus...

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