News - 1999

January

Wednesday, January 6, 1999
ANGLO-ETHIOPIAN SOCIETY CALLS FOR INCREASED INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON ERITREA

 

Tuesday, January 12, 1999
NEAR RECORD CROPS IN ETHIOPIA

 

Friday, January 15, 1999
MELES URGES EU NATIONS TO STEP UP THE PRESSURE ON ERITREA

 

Wednesday, January 20, 1999
MP ASKS QUESTION ON ETHIO-ERITREAN CONFLICT

 

Thursday, January 21, 1999
EU AND ITALY BACK OAU PEACE PLAN

 

Wednesday, January 27, 1999
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGES ERITREA TO ACCEPT PEACE PROPOSALS

 

Thursday, January 28, 1999
NORTHERN ETHIOPIAN SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR FEAR OF ERITREAN ATTACK

 

February

Friday, February 5, 1999
ERITREA BOMBS ADIGRAT

 

5 February 1999
RENEWED ERITREAN SHELLING AT BADME-SHERARO FRONT

 

Saturday, February 6, 1999
ERITREA LAUNCHES FULL SCALE ATTACK ON ETHIOPIA

 

Sunday, February 7, 1999
BATTLEFIELD LOSSES PROMPT ERITREA TO ATTACK CIVILIANS

 

Monday, February 8, 1999
ETHIOPIA DESTROYS ERITREAN  RADAR STATIONS, CAPTURES KEY MILITARY POSITIONS

 

Tuesday, February 9, 1999
ERITREA RESORTS TO GOEBBELS-STYLE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN

 

Wednesday, February 10, 1999
ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS

 

Thursday, February 11, 1999
ETHIOPIA CALLS ON ERITREA TO EVACUATE CIVILLIANS FROM BATTLE ZONES

 

Friday, February 12, 1999
ERITREAN QUESTIONS REVEALED

 

Friday, February 12, 1999
TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY IS BEING RESTORED

 

Monday, February 15, 1999
ETHIOPIA RELEASES ERITREANS ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS

 

Monday, February 15, 1999
ETHIOPIAN DEFENSE FORCES REPEL ATTEMPTED ATTACK

 

Monday, February 15, 1999
HAILE GEBRESELASSIE BREAKS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD

 

Wednesday, February 17, 1999
AMNESTY CALLS ON ERITREA TO ALLOW ACCESS TO PRISONERS

 

Friday, February 19, 1999
EU PEACE ENVOYS ARRIVE IN ETHIOPIA

 

Monday, February 22, 1999
ERITREA DENIES ACCESS TO ICRC

 

Tuesday, February 23, 1999
NBE SAYS 9.4 PER CENT ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE EXPECTED FOR ETHIOPIA

 

Friday, February 26, 1999
ERITREAN AIR AND GROUND FORCES SUSTAIN HEAVY DAMAGE

 

Friday, February 26, 1999
ITALY PLEDGES $240 MILLION DEVELOPMENT AID TO ETHIOPIA

 

February 28, 1999 (10:35 am local time)
TOTAL VICTORY FOR OPERATION SUNSET

 

March

Thursday, March 4, 1999
ADVANCE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEW, ETHIOPIAN ACADEMICS TO VISIT UK

 

Thursday, March 4, 1999
UNDP ALLOCATES OVER $140 MILLION FOR ETHIOPIAN PROJECTS

 

Monday, March 8, 1999
ERITREA INTENT ON CONTINUING WAR

 

Tuesday, March 9, 1999
ETHIOPIA TREATS ERITREA'S ACCEPTANCE OF PEACE PLAN WITH SCEPTICISM

 

Thursday, March 11, 1999
ETHIOPIA WAS, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE LOYAL TO THE OAU FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

 

Friday, March 12, 1999
WFP ALLOCATES $24.3 MILLION FOR 272,000 ETHIOPIANS DISPLACED BY WAR

 

Tuesday, March 16, 1999
MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS CONTINUE AT ZALEMBESSA

 

Wednesday, March 17, 1999
ERITREA STEPS UP CAMPAIGN OF DECEPTION

 

Monday, March 22, 1999
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

 

Tuesday, March 23, 1999
ETHIOPIAN CHALLENGE 1999 LAUNCHED

 

Thursday,  March 25, 1999
ERITREA DUMPS 2,500 ETHIOPIANS AT BORDER

 

Monday, March 29, 1999
ERITREAN OFFENSIVES REPELLED

 

Tuesday, March 30, 1999
ERITREA SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES AT MEREB RIVER

 

Wednesday, March 31, 1999
ERITREA ABDUCTS 4,OOO ETHIOPIANS

 

April

Thursday, April 1, 1999
NETHERLANDS  AGREEMENT, OAU GRANT AND IRISH GRANT

 

Tuesday, April 6, 1999
IRAN DENIES ERITREA'S ALLEGATIONS

 

Thursday, April 8, 1999
ETHIOPIAN WOMEN GIVE BIRTH DURING DEPORTATION FROM ERITREA

 

Monday, April 12, 1999
ERITREA EMBARKS ON FORCED CONSCRIPTION OF YOUTHS

 

Tueday, April 13, 1999
ETHIOPIANS ABDUCTED, TORTURED AND CONSCRIPTED INTO ERITREAN ARMY

 

Wednesday, April 14, 1999
SOMALI NATIONALS CAUGHT SMUGGLING EXPLOSIVES

 

Thursday, April 15, 1999
ERITREAN POWS REVEAL THEIR LEADER'S DECEPTION

 

Thursday, April 15, 1999
PRIME MINISTER MELES REITERATES ETHIOPIA'S POSITION

 

Friday, April 16, 1999
ETHIOPIAN AIRFORCE ATTACKS ERITREAN MILITARY TRAINING CAMP

 

Monday, April 19, 1999
VOLUNTEERS FOR ETHIOPIA, BUT NO CONSCRIPTION

 

Wednesday, April 21, 1999
ABUSE OF CHILDREN ASSUMES ALARMING PROPORTIONS IN ERITREA

 

Thursday, April 22, 1999
OVER 40,500 ETHIOPIANS SO FAR EXPELLED FROM ERITREA

 

Friday, April 23, 1999
UK MPS CALL FOR END TO ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN ERITREA

 

Wednesday, April 28, 1999
ERITREAN LAND MINES HAMPER ETHIOPIA'S REHABILITATION EFFORTS

 

Thursday, April 29, 1999
UN ENVOY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER MELES

 

Friday, April 30, 1999
ERITREA CONTINUES TO ESCALATE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST ETHIOPIANS

 

May

Tuesday, May 4, 1999
IMPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT VICTORIES FOR ETHIOPIA

 

Friday, May 7, 1999
ETHIOPIA ALLOWS ICRC REGULAR ACCESS TO POWS

 

Wednesday, May 12, 1999
ONE YEAR OF ERITREAN OCCUPATION

 

Monday, May 24, 1999
30,000 LANDMINES DE-MINED AROUND BADME, SHIRARO

 

Tuesday, May 25, 1999
ETHIOPIAN DEFENCE FORCES SUCCESSFULLY REPEL ERITREAN ATTACK

 

Wednesday, May 26, 1999
UN LAUDS ETHIOPIAN EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

 

Friday, May 28, 1999
THE MAY 28 ANNIVERSARY

 

Friday, May 28, 1999
ETHIOPIA CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM FROM REPRESSION

 

June

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999
ASMARA IMPOSES HARSH RESIDENCE DEMANDS ON ETHIOPIANS

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1999
MEKELE SCHOOL BOMBING REMEMBERED

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1999
ETHIOPIANS' HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATED IN ERITREAN PRISONS

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1999
ONE YEAR OF ERITREAN OCCUPATION AT ZALEMBESSA

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1999
DEMOCRACY BASIS FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN ETHIOPIA

 

MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1999
ERITREA LIES ABOUT AIR ATTACKS

 

MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1999
ETHIOPIAN FORCES REPEL ATTACKS ON TWO FRONTS

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1999
OAU URGES ERITREA TO PULL OUT OF OCCUPIED ETHIOPIAN TERRITORIES

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1999
ITALY SUPPORTS OAU PEACE PLAN

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1999
ERITREAN DIRTY TRICKS IN SOMALIA

 

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1999
ERITREA LAUNCHES NEW ATTACK

 

July

THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1999
SOMALIS RESIST ARRIVAL OF ERITREAN ARMS SHIP

 

MONDAY, JULY 12, 1999
ERITREA'S BASELESS ACCUSATIONS

 

TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1999
ERITREA SHUNS OAU SPONSORED TALKS

 

THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999
THE OAU SUMMIT IN ALGIERS SAYS NO TO TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION BY FORCE

 

MONDAY, JULY 19, 1999
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS' GROUP ARRIVES

 

THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1999
STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FOR THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

 

MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999
ETHIOPIA ALONG RIGHT TRACK, BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS SAY

 

TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1999
ERITREA DENIES ETHIOPIANS ACCESS TO THEIR EMBASSY

 

August

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1999
ETHIOPIAN PRISONERS MOVED FROM AWESHAIT

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1999
ETHIOPIA SLAMS AMNESTY REPORT BIAS

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1999
ICRC PRAISES ETHIOPIA, BUT REBUKES ERITREA

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1999
FORCIBLE CONSCRIPTION CONTINUES IN ERITREA

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1999
EXTREMIST INCURSIONS THWARTED

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1999
UK ETHIOPIANS HOLD MASSIVE DROUGHT FUNDRAISER

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1999
ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR MAY 14, 2000

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1999
ERITREAN-BACKED TERRORISTS TARGET CIVILIANS

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1999
YEMEN ACCUSES ERITREA OF PIRACY

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1999
ETHIOPIA, ERITREA: APPROACHES TO PEACE PROCESS REFLECT DIVERGENT SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1999
POW REVEALS ISAIAS' PLAN TO CONTINUE WAR

 

September

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
ERITREA ATTACKS AT ZALAMBESSA FRONT

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1999
ETHIOPIA SEEKS CONSISTENCY IN OAU TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENTS

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
ETHIOPIA'S BOTTOM LINE: AGGRESSION MUST BE REVERSED

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1999
MORE ETHIOPIANS ABDUCTED AND ABUSED IN ERITREA

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999
500 DAYS SINCE ERITREA INVADED ETHIOPIA

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES CONTINUE TO BE DESTROYED BY ERITREAN REGIME

 

October

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1999
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1999
ETHIOPIA BRINGS COURT CASE AGAINST ERITREAN GOVERNMENT OVER SEIZURE OF ITS GOODS

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1999
ERITREA'S BASELESS CLAIM TO ZALAMBESSA

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1999
ERITREA PREVENTS ITS CITIZENS FROM RETURNING HOME

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1999
ETHIOPIA REPELS ERITREAN ATTACK

 

November

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1999
STATEMENT BY ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1999
ETHIOPIA WANTS DEEDS NOT WORDS

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
ERITREAN YOUTH FLEE FORCIBLE RECRUITMENT

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1999
ERITREAN OFFICIALS STATE INCONSISTENT POSITIONS

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1999
ONE AND A HALF YEARS SINCE ERITREAN INVASION

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1999
ERITREAN ATROCITIES AGAINST ETHIOPIAN CIVILIANS IN BORDERLANDS

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1999
ERITREAN LANDMINE TERROR THREATENS CIVILIANS

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1999
ERITREA'S WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1999
ARMY DESERTION ON THE INCREASE IN ERITREA

 

December

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1999
IGAD COUNTRIES ENDORSE PEACE PLAN FOR SOMALIA

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1999
RECENT IGAD SUMMIT DECLARATION A REBUFF TO ERITREA'S MASQUERADE AS A LAW ABIDING NATION

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1999
ASMARA ARMS ETHIOPIAN PRISONERS

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1999
CURRENT APPROACH IS NOT PATH TO PEACE

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1999
ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS UK

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1999
SUCCESSFUL BRITISH TRADE MISSION TO ETHIOPIA

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1999
ETHIOPIAN RESEARCHER WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD

 

Friday, December 17, 1999
PM SAYS ETHIOPIA NEEDS CLEAR AND PRECISE DOCUMENT