List of wars involving Eritrea
This is a list of wars involving the State of Eritrea.
Colonial period
- Mahdist War (1881–1899), spilled into Eritrea in 1893–94
- Italo-Ethiopian War (1887–1889)
- Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–96)
- Italo-Turkish War (1911–12)
- Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36)
- World War II
- East African campaign (1940–41)
Since independence
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President of Eritrea |
Eritrean losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991) |
 ELF EPLF
|
 Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen
|
Victory
|
||
| First Eritrean Civil War (1972–1974) |
ELF
|
EPLF
|
Truce
|
||
| Second Eritrean Civil War (1980–1981) |
ELF
|
EPLF TPLF
|
EPLF victory
|
||
| Hanish Islands Crisis (1995) |
 Eritrea
|
 Yemen
|
Victory
|
||
| Second Sudanese Civil War (1996–1998)[6] |
 SPLA Ethiopia Eritrea Uganda
|
 Sudan Janjaweed
|
Stalemate
|
||
| First Congo War (1996–1997)[7] |
 AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi  Angola Eritrea
|
 Zaire ALiR Interahamwe UNITA
|
Victory
|
||
| Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000) |
Eritrea
|
Ethiopia
|
Defeat | 150,000[9] | |
| Djiboutian–Eritrean War (2008) |
Eritrea
|
 Djibouti
|
Indecisive
|
See also
References
- ^ Isaias Afwerki led the EPLF from 1978, later to assume the position of presidency in 1993.
- ^ Cousin, Tracey L. "Eritrean and Ethiopian Civil War". ICE Case Studies. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ Waal, Alexander De (1991). Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia. Human Rights Watch. p. 49. ISBN 9781564320384.
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- ^ Waal, Alexander De (1991). Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia. Human Rights Watch. p. 42. ISBN 9781564320384.
- ^ Pike, John (29 August 2012), Hanish Island Conflict, globalsecurity.org
- ^ "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Plaut, Martin (2016). Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190669591.
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- Prunier, Gérard (July 2004). "Rebel Movements and Proxy Warfare: Uganda, Sudan and the Congo (1986-99)". African Affairs. 103 (412): 359–383. doi:10.1093/afraf/adh050. JSTOR 3518562.
- ^ Banks, Arthur; Muller, Thomas; and Overstreet, William, ed. Political Handbook of the World 2005–6 (A Division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc.: Washington, D.C., 2005), p.366. 156802952-7
- ^ Jimma times staff (11 June 2007). "Former U.S. Ambassador: Eritrea and Ethiopia Unlikely To Resume War". Jumma Times. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Djibouti president accuses Eritrea over border fight". Reuters. June 14, 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
External links
- Country profile: Eritrea BBC 4 November 2005
- Ethiopia Eritrea Independence War 1961–1993
- Eritrean War for Independence
- Comparative Study Between Yemeni-Eritrean Ways of Documentation in Arbitration Over Red Sea South Islands 52 - Yemen Times December 27 through January 2, 2000, Vol IX
- Connell, Dan Eritrea-Ethiopia War Looms, Foreign Policy in Focus 21 January 2004
- Gilkes, Patrick and Plaut, Martin. The War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Foreign Policy in Focus Volume 5, Number 25 August 2000