Eritrean residents in Ethiopia's capital ... to the mass arrests and deportations of Eritreans during the 1998–2000 war between the two countries, when thousands were forcibly expelled from ...

"I am so happy. I can't express my joy." The war, fought over the exact location of the boundary between Ethiopia and Eritrea, began in May 1998 and left tens of thousands of people dead.

Many Eritreans in Addis Ababa are refugees who fled forced military conscription and government oppression in their country of birth. Over 20,000 Eritreans have crossed into Ethiopia this year, adding ...