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| 2. Eritrea |
| 1962 |
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| Eritrea lost its autonomous status within Ethiopia. | 1 |
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| 1965 |
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| The Eritrean People's Liberation Front began a guerrilla war against Ethiopian rule. | 2 |
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| 1974, Nov |
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| Severe famine in Wollo and Eritrea led to a military coup in Ethiopia. The military regime sent more troops to Eritrea. | 3 |
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| 1984–85 |
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| Widespread famine in Ethiopia, due to wars of secession in Tigre and Eritrea, was compounded by severe drought, led to as many as 1 million deaths, and sparked massive international relief efforts, including the July 1985 internationally televised Live Aid concert. | 4 |
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| 1991, May 24 |
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| The EPLF defeated the Ethiopian army and captured Asmara, Eritrea. | 5 |
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| 1993, May 24 |
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| Eritrea declared its independence, with Issaias Aferki of the EPLF as president. | 6 |
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| 1998, May 6 |
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| A brutal border war broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea as conflicts concerning the 150-mile border area known as Badame carried over from Eritrean independence in 1993. The war lasted through June 2000, when peace was reached and UN peacekeepers entered the area to regulate the border. | 7 |
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| 1999, Sept. 4 |
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| OAU peace talks intent upon ending the border war with Ethiopia broke down as Ethiopian officials refused to go along with the terms. The bloody war continued with an ever-mounting death toll. | 8 |
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| 2000, May 26 |
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| The war with Ethiopia heightened as Ethiopian troops flooded into Western Eritrea. | 9 |
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| June 18 |
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| United Nations peacekeepers were sent to patrol the Ethiopian-Eritrean border as national leaders signed a cease-fire that created a buffer zone on Eritrean soil. The border established on Dec. 12, 2000, was returned to its May 1998 location. Millions of dollars were spent reinforcing the 600-mile border, and many thousands of lives were lost in the two-year conflict. | 10 |
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