Map with areas traditionally inhabited by the Afar people highlighted in green.
Date
1995 – 18 July 2018
Location
Afar Region, Ethiopia Southern Red Sea Region, Eritrea
Status
Eritrean–Ethiopian War ended on 18 June 2000
Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict ended on 8 July 2018[1]
Belligerents
Ethiopia
Eritrea
ARDUF
RSADO
Commanders and leaders
Meles Zenawi Isaias Afwerki
Mohamuda Gass
Ibrahim Harun[2][3]
Casualties and losses
275–569 killed in total[citation needed]
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Second Afar insurgency
2010 border skirmish
2012 Afar region tourist attack
Battle of Tsorona
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Post-1960 conflicts in the Horn of Africa
Eritrean War of Independence
Eritrean civil wars
1961 revolt in Somalia
Bale revolt
Somali–Kenyan conflict
Shifta
Rhamu
Ethiopian–Somali conflict
1963 Ogaden Rebellion
1964
Ogaden
1982
2022 Al-Shabaab
Oromo conflict
Ethiopian Civil War
Somali Civil War
Rebellion
Puntland–Somaliland
2006–09
2009–present
Somaliland War of Independence
Djiboutian Civil War
Insurgency in Ogaden
2007–08
Second Afar insurgency
Gedeo–Guji clashes
Hanish Islands conflict
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
border conflict
OEF – Horn of Africa
Djiboutian–Eritrean conflict
Ethiopian civil conflict
Afar–Somali
Oromia–Somali
OLA insurgency
Benishangul-Gumuz
Tigray War
War in Amhara
Al-Fashaga conflict
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e
Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000):
Eritrean attack of Ethiopia
Sunset [be]
February 1999
May-June 2000 [be]
Aider
Post-2000 conflicts:
Afar
Ogaden
2010 border skirmish
Tsorona
Agreements:
Algiers
Asmera
Aspects:
Air campaign [ru]
Military specialists
Russian
Ukrainian
UNMEE
The Second Afar insurgency was an insurgency in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea (also known as Dankalia), waged by various Afar rebel groups. Both Ethiopia and Eritrea supported different rebel groups in the region in a proxy war, and occasionally engaged in border skirmishes with each other, as well as with opposing rebel groups.
^"Ethiopia, Eritrea officially end war". Deutsche Welle. July 9, 2018. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
^"Eritrean rebels claim to have killed dozens of intelligence agents". Sudan Tribune. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^"Red Sea Afar rebels attack Eritrean military camp". Sudan Tribune. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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