List of wars involving Eritrea

This is a list of wars involving the State of Eritrea.

Colonial period

Since 1950

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
of Eritrea
Eritrean
losses
Eritrean War of Independence
(1961–1991)
  ELF
  EPLF
  Ethiopia
  Cuba
  South Yemen
Victory
None[1]
150,000[2]
First Eritrean Civil War
(1972–1974)
  ELF   EPLF Truce
  • ELF and EPLF form an alliance[3]
3,000[4]
Second Eritrean Civil War
(1980–1981)
  ELF   EPLF
  TPLF
EPLF victory
  • ELF decisively defeated
?
Hanish Islands Crisis
(1995)
  Eritrea   Yemen Victory
12[5]
Second Sudanese Civil War
(1996–1998)[6]
  SPLA
  Ethiopia
  Eritrea
  Uganda
  Sudan
  Janjaweed
Stalemate
  • Eritrean withdrawal in 1998
?
First Congo War
(1996–1997)[7]
  AFDL
  Uganda
  Rwanda
  Burundi
  Angola
  Eritrea
  Zaire
  ALiR
  Interahamwe
  UNITA
Victory
?
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
(1998–2000)
  Eritrea   Ethiopia Defeat
20,000[8] to
150,000[9]
Djiboutian–Eritrean conflict
(2008)
  Eritrea   Djibouti Indecisive
  • Fighting subsided after three days
100[10]
Tigray War
(2020–2022)
  Ethiopia
  Eritrea
  Tigray
Victory
?

See also

References

  1. ^ Isaias Afwerki led the EPLF from 1978, later to assume the position of presidency in 1993.
  2. ^ Cousin, Tracey L. "Eritrean and Ethiopian Civil War". ICE Case Studies. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  3. ^ Waal, Alexander De (1991). Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia. Human Rights Watch. p. 49. ISBN 9781564320384. wolki.
  4. ^ Waal, Alexander De (1991). Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia. Human Rights Watch. p. 42. ISBN 9781564320384.
  5. ^ Pike, John (29 August 2012), Hanish Island Conflict, globalsecurity.org
  6. ^ "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. ^ Plaut, Martin (2016). Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190669591.
    • Prunier, Gérard (July 2004). "Rebel Movements and Proxy Warfare: Uganda, Sudan and the Congo (1986-99)". African Affairs. 103 (412): 359–383. doi:10.1093/afraf/adh050. JSTOR 3518562.
  8. ^ Banks, Arthur; Muller, Thomas; and Overstreet, William, ed. Political Handbook of the World 2005–6 (A Division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc.: Washington, D.C., 2005), p.366. 156802952-7
  9. ^ Jimma times staff (11 June 2007). "Former U.S. Ambassador: Eritrea and Ethiopia Unlikely To Resume War". Jumma Times. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Djibouti president accuses Eritrea over border fight". Reuters. June 14, 2008. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.