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MID#3056
Dispute Number: 3056
Date(s): November 20, 1983
Participants: 530 Ethiopia/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Ethiopia assembled troops on the Sudanese border in November 1983,
and the Sudanese put their forces on alert. Both states accused the other of supporting
rebel groups.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 19, 1983. End Date changed
from November 21, 1983.
MID#3051
Started in March 1984. See the narrative in the 620 Libya/625 Sudan dyad dispute
list.
MID#2803
Dispute Number: 2803
Date(s): November 29, 1986 to December 1986
Participants: 530 Ethiopia/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Ethiopia bombed several Sudanese villages and camps containing Eritrean
refugees.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from December 5, 1986. End Date changed
from December 5, 1986.
MID#2802
Dispute Number: 2802
Date(s): July 20, 1987 to August 12, 1987
Participants: 530 Ethiopia/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: There were reports of border fighting between Sudan and Ethiopia begin-
ning in July 1987. Ethiopian forces committed raids in Sudan to pursue Eritrean
rebels and also supported rebels fighting against Sudan’s government. On August 12,
Ethiopian jets attacked a Sudanese border camp. Tensions remained, but no additional
incidents occurred for some time.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from July 24, 1987. Fatalities changed from
Missing.