Ethiopia Eritrea Conflict Home Page: Jun19 to Jun25

Thursday, July 9, 1998:

Wednesday, July 8, 1998:

Djibouti transport minister visits Addis Abeba (Xinhua) Three-day working visit will discuss ways of improving and strengthening the port of Djibouti.
Ethiopia talks peace: Ethiopia talks peace with OAU ambassadors (Reuters) Meles gives four hour ``detailed and comprehensive account of the genesis of the crisis and relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea since 1991''
Pragmatic Villagers Shrug off African Border War Reuters report from Ethiopian village occupied by Eritrea
Gadhafi Watch: Gadhafi has successful hip surgery (AP) (Eritrea has been looking for Libyan financial support even before the war began)

Tuesday, July 7, 1998:

Labor Shortage Impacts Eritrean Agriculture; Ethiopian Diplomats tour Europe (VOA reports from Asmara and Nairobi)
Germany, France urge Ethiopia and Eritrea to find a peaceful solution... Germany suspends aid program... Uganda's Museveni in Eritrea for talks... (see NewsIndex)
Ethiopian and Eritrean Foreign Ministers Agree that the War is Insane (BBC)
Rwanda to Keep Seeking Ethiopia-Eritrea Solution (Reuters)
When Neighbors Become Enemies, Civilians Pay (L. Santoro, Christian Science Monitor) Ethiopia accused of mistreating and expelling too many Eritreans
Note: While the urban Eritreans being deported back to their own country attracts international attention, the plight of thousands of displaced rural Ethiopians and others who have been beaten and expelled from Eritrea continues to be ignored.
Meles: Ethiopia Cannot Rule Out Use of Force (Xinhua)

Monday, July 6, 1998:

"Ethiopia 'seeks peaceful end' to conflict" (BBC) Ethiopia Foreign Minister visits Britian and France
US Still Seeking Peaceful Solution (AFP)
Yemen, Eritrea ministers in London for Hearing (Reuters, BBC) Yemen-Eritrea dispute final ruling expected this month

Sunday, July 5, 1998:

Ethiopian volunteers cheered on way to front (Reuters, July 5)
Libya tries to get involved again (ANS, July 5) Eritrea wants Arab involvement... Click here to read about Gaddafi's earlier attempts (comment from June 8).
Ethiopian government press releases from July 3 "Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of forcing Ethiopians in occupied areas to change citizenship... ICRC visits Eritrean detainees... Chinese Red Cross donates 20,000 dollars"

Saturday, July 4, 1998:

Eritrea Issues New Map Claiming a Portion of Djibouti
Hanish, Djibouti, Badime: Which Map Eritrea? (Discussion)
Eritrea starts Amharic-language radio broadcasts (AFP, from July 2) "Eritrea is now broadcasting to Ethiopia for half an hour each morning in Amharic, the Ethiopian language. Listeners described the programme as "anti-Ethiopian"."
International Committee of the Red Cross Visits Eritrean Detainees (AFP, from July 2) "A member of the International Committee of the Red Cross meanwhile told AFP that conditions and elementary human rights were being respected at the Fiche internment camp about 90 kilometres (55 miles) from Addis Ababa."

Friday, July 3, 1998:

Please help assist the victims of the Eritrean war of aggresion National Fund Raising Committee for Victims of the Eritrean Government's War of Aggression Formed... website is in Ethiopia: www.telecom.net.et
Ethiopian Government Press Release Concerning the Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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