Middle East 599
MID#4349
Dispute Number: 4349
Date(s): March 19, 2002 to October 18, 2002
Participants: 625 Sudan/531 Eritrea
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Sudan reinforced its border with additional troops on March 19, 2002, to
prevent Sudan People’s Liberation Army forces from entering the country via Eritrea.
Those forces went on alert in April, and then fought two clashes with Eritrean forces
in October 2002.
MID#4370
Dispute Number: 4370
Date(s): October 30, 2004 to April 30, 2005
Participants: 531 Eritrea/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Eritrea sent additional troops to reinforce its border with Sudan.
531 ERITREA/679 YEMEN
MID#4121
Dispute Number: 4121
Date(s): November 13, 1995 to August 15, 1996
Participants: 531 Eritrea/679 Yemen
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Eritrean forces moved on Greater Hanish, the largest island in the Red Sea
archipelago between Eritrea and Yemen, in late 1995. The attack killed six Yemeni
soldiers, and the Eritreans captured over 200 more. Yemen responded by threatening
to declare war. Minor clashes followed throughout the first half of 1996, even after a
brief ceasefire in May.
Coding changes: Settlement changed from None. Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#4132
Dispute Number: 4132
Date(s): May 1997 to July 1997
Participants: 531 Eritrea/679 Yemen
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)