'Peace Is Everything': Ethiopia And Eritrea Embrace Open Border After Long ConflictEnlarge this image toggle caption Eyder Peralta/NPR Eyder Peralta/NPRAlmost everywhere you go in Zalambessa, a town on Ethiopia's border with Eritrea, there are reminders of war: buildings in rubble, walls riddled with bullet holes and a border still delineated by two rows of trenches. Children are selling candies and drinks to travelers and, for the first time in two decades, people and goods are transiting the crossing between Zalambessa and the Eritrean town of Serha. Eritrea gained independence amicably from Ethiopia in 1993, but a few years later, the countries went on to wage one of Africa's deadliest wars. What he wants is for Ethiopia and Eritrea to have the courage to tell him what he knows in his heart — that his brother is dead. For example, there are hardly any regulations around tariffs, border controls or currencies (Ethiopia uses the birr and Eritrea uses the nakfa).

Source: Ethiopian News December 04, 2018 19:18 UTC