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Background Information

Facts

• Ethiopians Unite to Defend Their Territory (February 17, 1999)

• Issues Raised by the Eritrean Side Requiring Clarification
  (February 14, 1999)

• British "Arms" Cargo Seized by Customs (February 12, 1999)

• Chronology of Events (February 12, 1999)

• Eritrea Rejects Peace Proposals, Chooses War (February 12, 1999)

• Eritrea Resorts to Disinformation Campaign A La Goebbels

• STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU ON THE CURRENT SITUATION BETWEEN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

• PRESS RELEASE Issued by the FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  (February 04, 1999)

• Security Council urges Eritrea to accept OAU Agreement to settle border dispute with Ethiopia (January 30, 1999)

• Verbatim Briefing to the African Diplomatic Community by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (January 30, 1999)

• Joint Communiqué issued on the Occasion of the Official working visit of His Excellency Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. (January 29, 1999)

• Highlights of Prime Minister Meles' Briefing to African Diplomatic Communit (January 29, 1999)
  

• Axworthy Urges Ethiopia and Eritrea to agree to OAU Mediation (January 26, 1999)
  
  
• U.S. Presidential Statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia
  (January 26, 1999)
  
  

• Statement by H.E Ato Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (January 5, 1999)

• The Anglo-Ethiopian Society
  154 Connell Crescent,London W5 3BP
  The Ethiopian and Eritrean Conflict 1998 (December 26, 1998)

• AIDE MEMOIRE
  sent by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to African Heads of State before the OAU Central Organ’s Summit Meeting in Ouagadougou on December 17-18, 1998 (December 23, 1998)

• A Transcribed Impromptu Statement Given by
  H.E. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi,
  To The Fourth OAU Central Organ Summit.(December 23, 1998)

• OAU High Level Delegation Proposals for a Framework Agreement for a Peaceful Settlement of the Dispute Between Eritrea and Ethiopia(December 22, 1998)

• Open letter of the International Transparency Commission on Africa (ITCO-Africa) on the statement of Ms. Mary Robinson, UN Human Rights Commissioner on the treatment of Eritreans deported from Ethiopia (December 09, 1998)

• Confronting Issayas (December 04, 1998)

• Interview with Issayas (December 04, 1998)

• BADA: Further Background Information Concerning the Eritrean Invasion of Ethiopia (December 02, 1998)

• Press Release from the Djibouti Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs and of International Cooperation  (November 13, 1998)

• Orthodox Churches Looted and Destroyed (November 04, 1998)

• Background and Chronology of Events on the
  Eritrean Aggression against Ethiopia (November 16, 1998)

• OATUU gives renewed support to OAU Resolution
  (November 02, 1998)

• Statement by Mr. Minelik Alemu Representative, delegation of the  Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (October 30, 1998)

• Resolution onThe Eritrean/Ethiopian Conflict by 21^st Conference of the Union of African Parliaments (August 25, 1998)

• Further Testimonies of Eritrean atrocities against Ethiopians
  (August 25, 1998)

• Grave Violations Of Human Right Of Ethiopian Workers And Employers Nationals In Eritrea (August 12, 1998)

• Statement By Mr. Minelik Alemu Getahun (August 11, 1998)

• Ethiopians in Eritrea: Victims of Inhuman Acts (August 06, 1998)

• The U.S -Rwandan recommendations (July 01, 1998)

• UN Security Council Resolution (July 01, 1998)

• OAU Resolution (October 26, 1998)

• The Peace Dividend – An Overview (August 19, 1998)

• Infrastructure (August 21, 1998)
• Education (August 21, 1998)
• The Energy Sector (September 08, 1998)
• Health Sector Overview
  (September 14, 1998)

• Interview with Mr Meressa Reda Member of Parliament for Sheraro and Badme  (August 14, 1998)

• Eritrea's Atrocities Against Civilians (August 12, 1998)

 

Articles (Opinions)

• Amnesty International: An Advocate of the Rich
  The recent biased report of Amnesty International is discussed in this article by Sengisso Fatula and first appeared in "Efoita" on February 10, 1999. 
• Is Ethiopia Obstinate in Demanding Eritrea's Withdrawal?
  This article, while contending that Ethiopia has not only a right, but an obligation, under international law to defend its sovereignty, notes its efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully. (By Tumtu Lencho, January 1999)
  

• Economic Reform and Development in Ethiopia
  (January 25, 1999)

• Implication