List of conflicts in Eritrea
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- circa 500 B.C.E. Fall of Dʿmt
- 1,557 C.E. — 1,624 C.E. Ottoman conquest of Habesh
- 1,895 C.E. — 1,896 C.E. First Italo—Ethiopia War
- January 13, 1,895 C.E. Battle of Coatit
- October 3, 1,935 C.E. — May 1,936 C.E. Second Italo—Abyssinian War
- October 3, 1,935 C.E. — December 1,935 C.E. De Bono's invasion of Abyssinia
Italian East Africa
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — November 27, 1,941 C.E. World War II
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — November 27, 1,941 C.E. East African Campaign
- February 5, 1,941 C.E. — April 1, 1,941 C.E. Battle of Keren
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — November 27, 1,941 C.E. East African Campaign
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
- September 1, 1,961 C.E. — May 29, 1,991 C.E. Eritrean War of Independence
- 1,977 C.E. — 1,978 C.E. Battle of Massawa
- 1,977 C.E. Siege of Barentu
- March 17, 1,988 C.E. — March 20, 1,988 C.E. Battle of Afabet
- February 8, 1,990 C.E. — February 10, 1,990 C.E. Battle of Massawa
| Date | Deaths | Location | Description of event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-07-24 | 172 | Hazemo | Several villages wiped out and the throats of men slit in front of their wives and children.[1][2] | |
| Late 1967 | Approx 50 | Akordat | Students suspected of being members of the ELF were hanged in the centre of town. Parents of the slain were forced, by the Ethiopian Army, to unhang their dead children and take them home.[3] | |
| 1970-01-17 | 60 | Elabared | The village elders were rounded up for supporting the Eritrean Liberation Front and killed.[4] | |
| 1970-11-30 | 120 | Basik Dera | The entire village was rounded up into the local mosque and the mosque's doors were locked, the building was then razed and survivors were shot.[2][5] | |
| 1970-12-01 | 625 | Ona | Ethiopian Army units surrounded the village killing civilians and burning down the village.[6] | |
| 1974-07-10 | 170+[2] | Om Hajer | ||
| 1974-12-28 | 45[7] | Asmara | Students were strangled to death using piano wires, their bodies were dumped in alleyways and doorsteps. | |
| 1971 | Approx 70 | Keren | Students and youth suspected of supporting the ELF were publicly executed by hanging. Family members were forced to attend the execution and cut down their children from the noose. | |
| 1975-02-14 | 331-500,3000[8][9] | Asmara, Surrounding villages | Shortly after an EPLF attack on two Ethiopian divisions, Ethiopian troops fire upon civilians gathered in Churches, homes and schools. | |
| 1975-02-02 | 80[2]-103[4] | Woki Duba | During an engagement with the EPLF and ELF the Ethiopian Army attacked the church where villagers had taken refuge. | |
| 1975-03-09 | 208[4] | Agordat | After several ELF attacks on the town the Ethiopian Army retaliated on the local population. | |
| 1975-04-17 | 235[2]-470[10] | Hirgigo | ||
| August 1975 | ~250 | Om Hajer | The villagers were machine gunned in front of a river to prevent escape.[4] | |
| 1976-12-30 | 105[9] | Archico | ||
| 1985-10-19 | 39[2] | Mogoraib | ||
| April, 1988 | 3 | Agordat | Killed by aerial attacks.[11] | |
| 1988-05-04 | unknown | Shebah[2] | ||
| 1988-12-05 | 400+[12] | She'eb | The dead were mostly women and children as the men had moved to the towns to eke out a living for their impoverished village.[4] | |
| 3–4 April 1990 | 67 killed, 125 wounded | Afabet | Aerial attacks[11] | |
| 24 April 1990 | 50 killed, 110 wounded | Massawa | Aerial attacks, cluster bombs[13] |
- February 1,972 C.E. — October 13, 1,974 C.E. First Eritrean Civil War
- February 1,980 C.E. — March 24, 1,981 C.E. Second Eritrean Civil War
- December 15, 1,995 C.E. — December 17, 1,995 C.E. Hanish Islands conflict
- May 6, 1,998 C.E. — May 25, 2,000 C.E. Eritrean—Ethiopian War
- June 10, 2,008 C.E. — June 13, 2,008 C.E. Djiboutian—Eritrean border conflict
- January 1, 2,010 C.E. Eritrean—Ethiopian border skirmish
References
- ^ "40th anniversary of Hazemo Massacre commemorated". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Eritrean Martyrs' Day". Retrieved 2006-09-26.
- ^ {Wrong, Michelle, " I didn't do it for you", pg 227, image 1.}
- ^ a b c d e Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3437-5.
- ^ Louise Latt. "Eritrea Re-photographed: Landscape Changes in the Eritrean Highlands 1890-2004" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-09-26.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Dates in Eritrean History". Retrieved 2006-09-26.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZhMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2aEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025,2893715&dq=ethiopian+army+massacres&hl=en
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=awQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_SgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7188,1633945&dq=ethiopia+massacres+eritrea&hl=en
- ^ a b https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xL0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2565,5013069&dq=ethiopia+massacres+eritrea&hl=en
- ^ "32nd Anniversary of Hirgigo Massacre marked". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Africa Watch, Ethiopia: "Mengistu has Decided to Burn Us like Wood": Bombing of Civilians and Civilian Targets by the Air Force, 24 July 1990
- ^ "Lives Shaped By War" (Press release). National Union of Eritrean Women.
- ^ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/24/world/rebels-say-ethiopian-planes-killed-50-in-port-bombings.html?src=pm