Eritrea (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Eritrea that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

December 1995: Eritrean forces attacked the Yemeni contingent and overran the entire island within three days of combat.

Chronology

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1. Hanish Islands conflict

Was a conflict between Yemen and Eritrea over the disputed island of Greater Hanish in the Red Sea.

November 1998: The Permanent Court of Arbitration determined that most of the Hanish Isands belonged to Yemen, while Eritrea was to retain the right to fish the waters around all the islands and sovereignty over some small islands close to Eritrea. Yemeni Defence Minister Mohammad Diefallah Mohammad raised his country's flag over the island of Greater Hanish as Yemeni army and navy troops took up positions on it. At the same time, Eritrean troops departed on board a helicopter and a naval vessel.

2. Eritrean-Ethiopian War

Was a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea that took place from May 1998 to June 2000. The cause of the war were territorial disputes.

2.1.Eritrean Invasion of Ethiopia

Was the Eritrean military invasion of Ethiopia at the beginning of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

May 1998: A large Eritrean mechanized force entered the Badme region.

2.2.First Ethiopian Offensive (Eritrean-Ethiopian War)

Was an Ethiopian military offensive to reconquer territories occupied by Eritrea at the beginning of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. .

February 1999: Eritrea accepted the OAU peace plan on 27 February 1999.

3. Ethiopian Civil War

An civil war in Ethiopia that started in 1974. It consists of several related phases that saw rebel and secessionist groups fight against the Ethiopian government.

3.1.Tigray War

A war between Ethiopia and the secessionist Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of the Tigray region that started in 2020. Although the cessation of hostilities was agreed in November 2022, the TPLF still controls territories in Tigray acting as a factually independent state.

3.1.1.Eritrean occupation of the North-East

Eritrean troops occupied Ethiopian territories in the north of the country during the Tigray War.

March 2021: In February 2021, UN chief coordinator of humanitarian efforts Mark Lowcock said that up 40% of Tigray was not controlled by Ethiopian troops. He said that much of that area was under the control of Eritrean soldiers pursuing their own objectives independent of Ethiopian command.

3.1.2.Tigrayan counter-offensive

An offensive by the Tigray Defense Forces during the Tigray War.

June 2021: On 30 June 2021, the TDF had entered the town of Shire.

July 2021: Tigrayan forces captured southern Tigray, including the towns of Alamata and Korem.