- Eritrea refugees pour into Sudan from Ethiopia war - Reuters, May 19 "Now we are hearing up to 80,000 could be about to cross but we cannot confirm that figure," UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said. He said "a fair number" of Eritrean soldiers were among the arrivals and were being disarmed by the Sudanese army."
- Thousands of Eritreans flee war into Sudan - AFP, May 19 ""a tremendous influx is continuing" from Eritrea's Gash province… security authorities had been disarming Eritrean soldiers who crossed the border along with civilians, including women, children and elderly, after the fall of Barentu to the Ethiopians earlier this wake."
- ERITREA: NO LAMENTS FOR THE DEAD IN ETHIOPIA-ERITREA WAR - Reuters, May 19
- Eritrean, Ethiopian clash disrupts central London - Reuters, May 19
- Ethiopian Army Slices Into Eritrea as Vast Throngs Flee - New York Times, May 19 "Eritrean prisoner, Amine Abe, 22, said he had been caught in heavy fighting near Barentu, where he had been sent with huge reinforcements."
- Ethiopia scents victory in 'senseless' war - The Guardian, May 19 ""He said that he was glad to have been captured, that he had never wanted to fight, and that he still did not understand what thousands of young men and women were dying for. 'From now on I never want to see another bullet again.'"
- Ethiopia Makes Major Gains in African War - Washington Post, May 19 "Ethiopian forces captured a strategic town well within Eritrea in a swift overnight advance and pushed on today toward a key provincial capital"
- Official: Eritrea Nearing Crisis - AP, May 18 "With the key western town of Barentu already under the control of Ethiopian troops, Eritrea also faced a humiliating military reversal in its two-year war with its larger neighbor. Authorities urged residents of Akordat to evacuate. Mendefera, 37 miles south of Asmara, also was emptying in fear of advancing Ethiopian forces"
- Eritrea – Fleeing Ethiopia’s Advance - BBC Focus on Africa: 1700 GMT, May 18 "Its an enormous blow. The news was greeted with absolute shock here"
- Asmara fears the worst - BBC, May 18,
- BBC Update: Ethiopia captures strategic town - BBC, May 18, "Civilians are now said to be leaving Akordat, which is only one hour's drive on a tarred road from Barentu. There are also reports that Eritrean troops are retreating from Akordat, in order to defend Keren - the last town before the capital"
- Ethiopia captures strategic town - BBC, May 18, "They reorganised and tried to resist but, after heavy and fierce fighting comprised of air attacks, ground infantry and heavy artillery, the Eritreans were forced to retreat"
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