State of Eritrea

This article is about the specific polity State of Eritrea and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

Is a country in the Horn of Africa. It borders with Ethiopia, Djibouti and Sudan. Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 following the Eritrean War of Independence.

Establishment

May 1991: Eritrea gains de facto independence from Ethiopia in 1991 under EPLF rule.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Eritrean War of Independence

Were a series of related conflicts, part of the struggle for independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia.

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.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: Ethiopian forces ha broken through Eritrea's fortified front and was 10 kilometers deep into Eritrean territory.

2.2.Second Ethiopian Offensive (Eritrean-Ethiopian War)

Was an Ethiopian military offensive in Eritrea during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. .

May 1999: On 16 May 1999, Ethiopian forces launched an attack at Velessa on the Tsorona front-line, escalating tensions in the border conflict with Eritrea.

May 1999: After two days of heavy fighting the Eritreans had beaten back the Ethiopian attack on Tsorona.

2.3.Third Ethiopian Offensive (Eritrean-Ethiopian War)

Was an Ethiopian military offensive in Eritrea during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. .

May 2000: The Ethiopians launched an offensive that broke through the Eritrean lines between Shambuko and Mendefera, and also crossed the Mareb River.

May 2000: Eritrean forces evacuated Barentu and fighting continued in Maidema.

May 2000: By 23 May Ethiopia claimed that its "troops had seized vital command posts in the heavily defended Zalambessa area.

2.4.Algiers agreement

Was a peace agreement between the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia that was signed on 12 December 2000, at Algiers, Algeria, to formally end the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

December 2000: On April 13, 2002, the EEBC border commission, acting as arbitrator, regulated the course of the border line “finally and bindingly” on the basis of the colonial treaties already mentioned.