"Ethiopia and Eritrea have experienced quite a few watershed moments in their shared history: After the end of the colonial era, Eritrea was incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire. A war of independence ended in 1993 with the secession of the former province. Since then, two more wars have followed, in which the large landlocked Ethiopia and its small neighbor on the Red Sea encountered each other first as adversaries and later as allies."
""The risk of conflict between the two countries remains quite high," said Michael Woldemariam, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. "We can say with some confidence that the tension and animosity between the two governments has become much more explicit over the last couple of months and weeks," Woldemariam told DW. What are the causes of the current tensions? The governments of both countries had been allied for a brief period until three years ago."
Eritrea was incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire after colonialism and won secession in 1993 following a war of independence. Two further wars followed, with Ethiopia and Eritrea alternating between adversaries and allies. Current relations are highly strained, leaving border residents fearful of renewed war. Analysts warn the risk of conflict remains high and that government animosity has become more explicit recently. Both governments allied against the TPLF in Tigray, where an extremely brutal war killed between 162,000 and 600,000 people. TPLF dominance ended with Abiy Ahmed's 2018 rise and subsequent reconciliation with Eritrea, including reopened land border crossings in 2018.
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