Eritrean Defence Forces
- Type
- Foreign state army
- Also referred to as
- EDF, Eritrean army, Eritrean troops
Designations used by other parties appear here, never as the actor's name.
Events involving this actor, by year
265 events
Woredas controlled today
No reviewed control history yet.
Current relations
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Most recent events
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Ethiopia's foreign minister called Eritrea's conduct an act of aggression justifying self-defence, while Eritrea's information minister accused Ethiopia of an unprovoked war of aggression.
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A foreign security source estimated 5,000 to 8,000 Eritrean soldiers were present in Tigray, with various sources confirming their presence.
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Ethiopia accused Eritrea of backing Tigrayan rebels while Eritrea accused Ethiopia of waging an unprovoked war against it.
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Ethiopia called Eritrea's deployment of troops in Tigray a blatant act of aggression, while Eritrea said it faced an unprovoked war of aggression from Ethiopia.
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Eritrea's Ministry of Information, through Minister Yemane Gebremeskel, rejected Ethiopia's invasion accusation as a pretext for a war Addis Ababa wants to start, and accused the Ethiopian government of threatening force against Eritrea for the past three years.
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Ethiopia and Eritrea each accused the other of starting the war, with Ethiopian officials saying Eritrean forces had pushed about 60 kilometres into northern Tigray and Eritrean officials describing Ethiopia's actions as an unprovoked campaign against it spanning more than three years.
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Ethiopia's foreign minister demanded the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces from Ethiopian territory and asserted Ethiopia's right to defend itself.
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In a letter to UN Security Council members, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Eritrean forces had advanced up to 60 km into northern Ethiopia and invoked the right to self-defence.
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Ethiopia wrote to the UN Security Council demanding the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops and saying it had no option but to defend itself.
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In a letter to the UN Security Council, Ethiopia accused Eritrea of an all-out invasion advancing up to 60km into Tigray and invoked its right to self-defence.