Eritrea is bordered to the south by Ethiopia, to the west by Sudan and the east by Djibouti. The nation has had a long and hostile relationship with its neighbors with some such as Ethiopi… See more

The Italian Empire defined Eritrea's current boundaries. In 1880, the Italians arrived in the present day Eritrea and following the death of the Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, and the Italian General OresteBaratieri helped establish Eritrea as … See more

In 1958 the ELM (Eritrean Liberation Movement) was formed to oppose Ethiopia governance and was later succeeded by the ELF ( Eritrean Liberation Front) which started Eritrea’s struggle fo… See more

The two nations share a 70-mile border and have had strained relations over the years. The current boundary between Eritrea and Djibouti is derived from a boundary agreement estab… See more

Eritrea has had rocky relationships with its neighbors with periods of tension and conflict over the years. The country has however in the recent past … See more

Eritrea and Ethiopia currently share a 566.6-mile border. The initial relationship along the border of presen… See more

Following the defeat of Italy during World War II by the British invading from Sudan with the help of Ethiopian forces, the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie sought claim to its northern neighb… See more

Following the independence of Eritrea, the governments of both Eritrea and Ethiopia could not agree on the border lines. Eritrea then invaded Ethiopia in 1998 with the aim of seizing the Badme regio… See more

Eritrea and Sudan have a 375.9-mile border and have had strained relations over the years with Sudan accusing Eritrea of harboring Sudanese rebels from Darfur and Eritrea accusin… See more