The second phase of the Ethiopian-Eritrean War continued in February 1999. Both sides used the pause to acquire much more ...

Eritrean and Ethiopian troops pummeled each other with shells and rockets along their disputed border Tuesday, while diplomats and hundreds of frightened foreigners fled the Eritrean capital.

Eritrean and Ethiopian forces clashed violently again Thursday, this time on a new front 300 miles from the rocky triangle of disputed land that lies at the heart of their armed border conflict.