Throughout the country's 25-year history, Eritrea's border with Ethiopia has been a hotly-disputed region. Eritrea shares a 640-mile boundary with its Horn of Africa neighbor, from whom it only ...

The war over claims to border towns was largely due to cultural and historical differences between the two states in the aftermath of Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia.

Ethiopia and Eritrea exchange accusations over who started fighting at their heavily militarised border on Sunday.

NAIROBI, Nov. 5 -- Ethiopia and Eritrea, stubbornly hostile neighbors for years, are possibly weeks away from a renewed border war that could engulf the volatile Horn of Africa region, according ...

Ethiopia and Eritrea were once a single country. 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.

Eritrea and Ethiopia fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, with significant fighting occurring between the towns of Tsorona and Zalembessa.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 13 -- Ethiopia and Eritrea were at odds within hours after receiving a ruling today by an international commission established to define a new border between the two ...

An Ethiopian official says the country's military was provoked into launching an attack on Eritrean forces in a disputed border area.

Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border with Ethiopia.