Tens of thousands of people were killed in two years of fighting which was believed to be Africa’s deadliest border war, in 1998. Ethiopia had refused to withdraw its troops out of the disputed areas – leading Eritrea to accuse Ethiopia of forcefully occupying its territory. The Algiers Agreement was a peace binding agreement between the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia signed on December 12, 2000, at Algiers, Algeria for the formal end of the Ethio-Eritrean war. Eritrea had refused to hold any talks with Ethiopia until it agreed unconditionally to the border commission’s findings. Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had promised to make peace with the country’s northern neighbour after taking power earlier this year.

Source: Ethiopian News June 06, 2018 11:15 UTC