- BBC: March into Eritrea Continues - Focus on Africa 1700 GMT.
- VOA Report: Ethiopian Reinforcements Roll West "Ethiopian troops packed into buses and hanging off trucks rolled toward western Eritrea throughout the day, waving flags and singing songs. While Ethiopia is clearly pleased with how quickly it has moved across the border, military officials appear to be taking no chances that their offensive may lose momentum. They have stationed troops across newly-won territory, protecting against a possible counter-attack. Pairs of Ethiopian (MIG) fighter jets filled the sky, flying back and forth across the border, bombing positions deep inside Eritrea."
- VOA Report: Over 1,000 Eritrean POWs "Eritrean conscript Asmeron Habte said his unit was stationed farther east on the Tsorona front when they were called to reinforce positions around the Mareb River Saturday morning. By the time they got here, the Eritrean troops they joined were already surrounded."
- VOA Report: Eritrean Officials Say Barentu Secure "The government says there have been no organized evacuations of civilians, but aid workers say two
camps for displaced civilians have been moved and many
people may have left Barentu as the sound of artillery
moved closer."
- More Eritreans rushed to front - BBC, May 16, 2000
- ANALYSIS: Ethiopia's war strategy - BBC, May 15, 2000
- ANALYSIS: Arms flood to Horn conflict - BBC, May 16, 2000
- Ethiopia Claims a Major Victory Over Eritrea: We get the evidence from the western front - Network Africa. BBC correspondent in Shambiko: "Corpses were littering the battlefieds where the Eritrean soldiers had died."
- PANA: State TV Footage Shows Ethiopian Troops Inside Eritrea "Dead bodies were outside of the trenches, indicating that the enemy troops were killed as they tried to retreat."
- VOA Frontline Report: Ethiopia Eritrea Colonel Atakilt says his forces chased the Eritrean troops over a ridge and down onto the plain into Eritrea. He says - "we are still chasing them."
- AP: Ethiopians Advance on Western Front
- Reuters: Ethiopian Troops Press Deep Into Eritrea "Reporters saw 470 Eritrean prisoners of war Tuesday who corroborated the Ethiopian version of events on the Mereb-Setit front."
- BBC: Battles rage in Eritrea "Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are exchanging heavy artillery fire, as Ethiopia tries to consolidate the advances it has made in the past four days."
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- UN Council Considers Ethiopia-Eritrea Arms Ban - Reuters, May 16, 2000
- Ethiopians Stone U.S. Embassy - Washington Post, May 16, 2000
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