March 4, 2012

As of mid-February 2012, Eritrean border troops in the Akhran area of Southern Eritrea have evacuated their posts and relocated 15 kilometers to the interior of Eritrea. This action was taken following Ethiopian repositioning of its forces, shortly after the mid January killing and kidnapping of European tourists by Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front, ARDUF, an Ethiopian rebel group locally known as Uguugumoh.

The Akhran zone, located within the province formerly known as Akele Guzai, is composed of 12 villages, the largest being Meshal Akran.

Several villages that were left in limbo are now being administered by the Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF), one of Eritrea’s opposition groups.

Part of the administrative challenge is that residents of the border villages of Knn and Qntto are unable to use the Eritrean currency, the Nakfa, for cross-border shopping in Tigray in Northern Ethiopia. They are also complaining that their children’s education has been disrupted.

Ethiopian authorities did not reply to email inquiries by Gedab News.

The Akhran area of Eritrea is one of the areas that suffered greatly during the 1998-2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia war because of its proximity to the border which was the scene of fierce fighting.

Akhran, which is close to the Hazemo plains, is about 60 kilometers away from the town of Dekemhare, which is 45 kilometers away from the Eritrean capital, Asmara.

In a press release issued on March 2, 2012, an Eritrean opposition organization called National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Eritrean Saho (NDFLES) stated that Endele, Ma’era and parts of Assed-Af, all in the south central border with Ethiopia, are under its control.

The press release also stated that while the NDFLES combatants were conducting a meeting between February 28-29 at the administrative areas of Assed-Af and Endeli in the Gelalalo district, they were attacked by an Eritrean army force and that, in the battle that ensued, they managed to inflict casualties and defeat the force which retreated.

According to the Algiers Peace Agreement of December 2000, Eritrea and Ethiopia were to have a 25-km buffer zone, monitored by the United Nations, along their common border until the area was demarcated. The UN monitors (UNMEE) were placed in 2001. The Ethiopian government would not agree to demarcate the border in accordance with the terms of the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) unless the fate of the people and the villages in the border area are resolved first through a dialogue with the Eritrean government. The Eritrean Government rejected Ethiopia’s call for dialogue and insisted on demarcating the border as per the ruling of the EEBC. That deadlock resulted in EEBC’s decision to “virtually demarcate” the border. Subsequently the Eritrean government initiated a campaign to make the work of UNMEE so difficult that it had to withdraw. The border, now, is entirely un-monitored and it takes only a trigger action to restart the conflict.

http://awate.com/low-intensity-conflict ... ia-border/

Is there no confirmation or denial of this news? Any comment from either side?

Who is the person concocting the fairy tales of conspiracy ? Here is his public profile.

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there is no war. it's just that the Eritrean oppositions and the Ethiopian oppositions are salivating over another war. apparently, the two oppositions have given up on the support of their respective people that will allow them to mount strong internal opposition leading to victory. they are engaged in fierce prayers for woyane and shaebia to do the job for them - by going to war. note that the two prayers can't be answered positevily simultaneously. it's awate or it's shawel depending on which regime wins.

the depth of their desperation can be seen when awate people and shawl people are teaming up in this weird news creation and distribution the outcome of which only benefits one of them (and hurts the other).

there is no war. it's just that the Eritrean oppositions and the Ethiopian oppositions are salivating over another war. apparently, the two oppositions have given up on the support of their respective people that will allow them to mount strong internal opposition leading to victory. they are engaged in fierce prayers for woyane and shaebia to do the job for them - by going to war. note that the two prayers can't be answered positevily simultaneously. it's awate or it's shawel depending on which regime wins.

the depth of their desperation can be seen when awate people and shawl people are teaming up in this weird news creation and distribution the outcome of which only benefits one of them (and hurts the other).

The Awate.com website that is "salivating for another destructive war" is run by none other than a die-hard woyane operative and its hardly an Eritrean opposition website. The genuine Eritrean opposition groups who strongly opposed your TPLF regime's plan for a preemptive war against Eritrea are being rounded up and thrown in underground prisons in Tigray. Many of them have since disappeared without a trace. Those who miraculously escaped and fled to Europe are now telling horrifying stories about the murder of their comrades who apparently refused to succumb to your TPLF's Abay Tigray agenda. It's an open secret that the editor of the Awate.com website is a Tigrayan who's dreaming of the Abay Tigray Republic just like you are. And the funny thing is that he, too, claims to be a "lowlander." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

there is no war. it's just that the Eritrean oppositions and the Ethiopian oppositions are salivating over another war. apparently, the two oppositions have given up on the support of their respective people that will allow them to mount strong internal opposition leading to victory. they are engaged in fierce prayers for woyane and shaebia to do the job for them - by going to war. note that the two prayers can't be answered positevily simultaneously. it's awate or it's shawel depending on which regime wins.

the depth of their desperation can be seen when awate people and shawl people are teaming up in this weird news creation and distribution the outcome of which only benefits one of them (and hurts the other).

what are you talking about? they are simply reporting whats happening on the ground. you are acting like the higdef mendef now

there is no war. it's just that the Eritrean oppositions and the Ethiopian oppositions are salivating over another war. apparently, the two oppositions have given up on the support of their respective people that will allow them to mount strong internal opposition leading to victory. they are engaged in fierce prayers for woyane and shaebia to do the job for them - by going to war. note that the two prayers can't be answered positevily simultaneously. it's awate or it's shawel depending on which regime wins.

the depth of their desperation can be seen when awate people and shawl people are teaming up in this weird news creation and distribution the outcome of which only benefits one of them (and hurts the other).

The Awate.com website that is "salivating for another destructive war" is run by none other than a die-hard woyane operative and its hardly an Eritrean opposition website. The genuine Eritrean opposition groups who strongly opposed your TPLF regime's plan for a preemptive war against Eritrea are being rounded up and thrown in underground prisons in Tigray. Many of them have since disappeared without a trace. Those who miraculously escaped and fled to Europe are now telling horrifying stories about the murder of their comrades who apparently refused to succumb to your TPLF's Abay Tigray agenda. It's an open secret that the editor of the Awate.com website is a Tigrayan who's dreaming of the Abay Tigray Republic just like you are. And the funny thing is that he, too, claims to be a "lowlander." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

revu
we know the whole world is tigrians unless of course they support the devil regime in eritrea. your empty rhetoric and halewlow will not fool any sane person. awate.com is an eritrean website. its a website that has been a headache for your moron so called leader, get real robot

ጫታ ሆነ ምነው? ኤደን እንኳን ለስብሰባ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ሄዶ ነው:: ትንሽ ግጭት ነበረ እንደገና የሚል ወሬ ነፍሷልና አጣሩ እስቲ::

ጫታ ሆነ ምነው? ኤደን እንኳን ለስብሰባ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ሄዶ ነው:: ትንሽ ግጭት ነበረ እንደገና የሚል ወሬ ነፍሷልና አጣሩ እስቲ::

revelations,

አይ እንደው ያረጉታል ብለህ ነው? ወያኔ የ ኤኮኖሚ እገዳ ማካሄድ እንደሚያዋጣው በደንብ ስለተረዳዉ ጦርነት ኣይገጥምም:: ለዚህም ነው የ አፍሪካን መሪዎችን ሰብስቦ ኤርትራ ላይ ያሳደመባት:: እንደኣሰቡትም እየሰራላቸው ነው:: ከአለፋት ሁለት ጦርነቶች ጥሩ ትምህርት ስለተማረ ያለ ህይወት እና ገንዘብ ጥፍት እንደሚያሸንፍ ያውቃል::

ጫታ ሆነ ምነው? ኤደን እንኳን ለስብሰባ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ሄዶ ነው:: ትንሽ ግጭት ነበረ እንደገና የሚል ወሬ ነፍሷልና አጣሩ እስቲ::

revelations,

አይ እንደው ያረጉታል ብለህ ነው? ወያኔ የ ኤኮኖሚ እገዳ ማካሄድ እንደሚያዋጣው በደንብ ስለተረዳዉ ጦርነት ኣይገጥምም:: ለዚህም ነው የ አፍሪካን መሪዎችን ሰብስቦ ኤርትራ ላይ ያሳደመባት:: እንደኣሰቡትም እየሰራላቸው ነው:: ከአለፋት ሁለት ጦርነቶች ጥሩ ትምህርት ስለተማረ ያለ ህይወት እና ገንዘብ ጥፍት እንደሚያሸንፍ ያውቃል::

አራጋው

እሱ የመለስ ስሌት ሲሆን በትግራይ ያሉ ግን በጣም ጉዳዩን የሚፈልጉት ሰዎች አሉ:: አልፎ እልፎም ጫር ጫር ለማድረግ የሚሞክሩት እነሱ ናቸው:: በየጊዜው ተንኮስ ተንኮስ እንደሚያደርጉ ይሰማል:: በዚያኛው በኩል ደግሞ እንዲሁ ተንኳሽ ካለ ...
ኤደንም ወደ አዲስ አበባ የሄደው ጉዳዩ አንተ በጠቀስከው መንገድ እንዲያዝ ለማሳሰብ ነው:: በጣም እሚያሳዝነው ግን የዚህን ፎረም ጉዳይ አደራ ለፍቅረኛው ለበወንድሙ ሰጥቶ ቢሄድ ሰውየው ለይስሙላ አንድ ሁለት ቀን ውርውር ብሎ ጠፋ:: አይ የኤደን እድል!