News and Commentary on Ethiopia/Eritrea Conflict:
January 30, 1999 to February 5, 1999
Week ending February 5, 1999:
- Recommended articles from Addis Tribune (Feb 5, 1999):
In Response to Amare Tekle's "Response"
Missing pages from the Amnesty International's Press Release Addis Tribune Homepage: http://addistribune.ethiopiaonline.net
- Ethiopia's Army Gets Some Muscle AFP; Feb 5, 1999
- Ethiopia Says Eritrea Bombed Border Town Reuters; Feb 5, 1999 Note: Eritrea has flatly denied this. Reuters and BBC telephone contacts in Adigrat report no evidence of new aerial attack.
- Renewed Eritrean Shelling at Badme-Sheraro Front Ethiopian government spokesperson; Feb 4, 1999. Ethiopia Says Eritrea Shelling Across Border (Reuters) Non-stop Artillery Firing on Border: Ethiopian Government (AFP)
- Background: The Process of Nation-Building in Post-War Eritrea: Created From Below or Directed From Above? PART II - Land Reform By Kjetil Tronvoll; Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, University of Oslo. Excerpts from article published in "The Journal of Modern African Studies, 36, 3 (1998), pp. 461-482"
- Horn Crisis Result of Deep-Seated Differences: Ethiopian PM AFP; Feb 3, 1999
- ANNAN'S Special Envoy to Meet Ethiopian PM Xinhua; Feb 3, 1999
Ethiopia Encouraged by U.N. Resolution (Feb 2, 1999)
- Warfare Between Ethiopia, Eritrea, Could Resume "any day": PM AFP; Feb 2, 1999
- Swedish FM Urges Eritrea to Adopt OAU Peace Proposal Xinhua; Feb 1, 1999
- Eritrean President Expresses "Astonishment" at UN Security Council Resolution 1226 - Refuses to Sign OAU Peace Plan Eritrean News Agency; Feb 1, 1999
- U.N. Envoy Tries to Stave off Ethiopia-Eritrea War Reuters; Feb 2, 1999
- Comment: Eritrea - Biting the Hand that Feeds It Feb 1, 1999
- Eritrea Responds to the UN Security Council Resolution by Blaming the United States Full text of the Eritrean UN Mission Letter to the UN Security Council; Jan 29, 1999
- Background: Alitiena - Before the Invasion Jan 31, 1999
Also see excellent paper "Some Facts About the Irob" Souba Hais, October 25, 1998
- Gadhafi Watch: U.S. Weighs Tougher Sanctions Against Libya New York Times; Jan 30, 1999 Issayas in Tripoli with Garang Frantic trips to Libya may have finally paid off - Eritrea rewarded with Libyan-financed Mig-29's (ION Jan 23, 1999)
- COMESA Investigates Ethiopian Claims On Stolen Cargo PANA; Jan 29, 1999
Open Letter To COMESA Delegates The Monitor; Jan 30, 1999
- AFP News Quote:"During the [UN Security Council] debate Friday the Eritrean delegate refused to sit at the table, to protest the fact that he was not allowed to speak." AFP; Jan 29, 1999
The news items posted here are selected reports that cover significant developments. More information can generally be found by using the various sources in the newsstand.
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