X-Nico

unusual facts about Eritrean-Ethiopian War



2010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish

Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon denied that any armed incursion had taken place, and claimed that the Eritreans were trying to cover up an attack by Eritrean rebels in which 25 Eritrean government soldiers were killed.

Abdella

Ali Said Abdella, (1949-2005), an Eritrean military and governmental official

Abiye Teklemariam

A lawyer and political theorist by training, Abiye started his media career writing on legal issues of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War (1998–2000) on Ethiopian Reporter, a private weekly newspaper.

African African-American

Qwanell Mosley - Singer - born to parents of Eritrean and African-American descent

Alaje

One was a significant defeat of the Italians during the First Italo–Ethiopian War.

Aman Andom

He was an Eritrean originally from the village of Tsazega in Hamassien province of Eritrea.

Aster Yohannes

Prior to her departure to Eritrea from the US, she was reportedly given assurances of safety by the then Eritrean Ambassador to the United States Girma Asmerom The Eritrean authorities have given no reason for her arrest or said where she is held.

Balcha Safo

Balcha Aba Nefso (Gurage and Oromo: ባልቻ ጻፎ; 1863 – 1936), also known by his title as Dejazmach Balcha, was an accomplished Ethiopian general, who served in both the First and Second Italo-Ethiopian Wars.

Banking in Eritrea

These banks had 13 branches in six Eritrean cities: Asmara, Massawa, Keren, Adikeyh, Decamahare and Assab.

Bizen

Debre Bizen, a monastery of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church

Emilio De Bono

On November 8, the I Corps and the Eritrean Corps captured Mek'ele.

Eritrean American

Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California has come to be known as Little Ethiopia, owing to its many Ethiopian and Eritrean businesses and restaurants.

Eritrean Army

The Eritrean Army is the largest branch of the Eritrean Defence Forces and is based in the Eritrean capital, Asmara.

Eritrean Free Zones Authority

The Eritrean Free Zones Authority is the government agency charged with the development and oversight of the Free Zones in Eritrea.

Gulf of Zula

The Gulf lies near the midpoint of the Eritrean coast, between the Foro province and the Buri Peninsula of the Ghelae'lo province, both in the country's Northern Red Sea region.

Hamasien

Traditionally being the center of the Kebessa (the Eritrean Highlands), it was the locality of the old palace town of Debarwa (the capital of Bahr Negus Yeshaq).

Haregot Abbai

Dejazmatch Haregot Abbai (Abay) KCVO (Knight Commander of the Victorian Order) (1909-1979) was an Eritrean businessman and politician.

Hibiscus tea

Benito Mussolini promoted the habit of drinking carcadè instead of English tea, after the penalties for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War that hit Italy.

Insurgency in Eritrea

The Insurgency in Eritrea or simply known as the Eritrean Civil War, is an ongoing military conflict taking place in numerous southern regions of Eritrea specifically focusing on in the Afrar province, between several Eritrean rebel groups seeking to oust president Isaias Afewerki from office, who has been in power for more than 20 years.

Kaleb Tedla

Following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1935, Kaleb's friends opted to stay at the newly conquered colonial capital Addis Ababa; Kaleb himself, however, continued his voyage to the southwestern newly Italian-designed city of Jimma in early 1939, employed under the monarchial house of the town’s king Aba Jifar's family.

Since he was Eritrean and best friend to two of the top-ranking Eritrean-born Ethiopian Generals, General Aman Andom and General Bereket, Kaleb's case was weighed more than the any other Ethiopian, and he was accused of helping the ELF (Eritrean Liberation Front), and also alleged that he ordered the ruthless interrogations of one of his employees who stole from him more than 150,000,000 Ethiopian birr, which was found later to be a simple fabrication by the junta's cadres.

Negash Ali

Negash Ali (born 27 November 1990) is a London-based Eritrean-Danish Artist & Songwriter signed to Warner Chappell Music.

Pilar Rahola

From 1987 to 1990, Rahola was director of the Catalan publishing house Pòrtic, and as a journalist, she was involved in covering the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, the Balkan Wars, the Gulf War, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Saharonim Prison

Together with the Ktzi'ot prison, Sadot prison and the Nachal Raviv tent camp they detain Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers who crossed the border from Egypt to Israel.

Sebhat

Sebhat Ephrem (born 1951), Eritrean politician and currently the Eritrean Minister of Defense

Solomon Abera

Solomon Abera (1968 - 1 December 2011) was an Eritrean journalist, press freedom advocate, and detractor of the Afewerki regime.

Tedla Bairu

His career paralleled that of Woldeab Woldemariam besides the fact that he did not support Eritrean independence.


see also