Middle East 595
530 ETHIOPIA/625 SUDANMID#1422
Dispute Number: 1422
Date(s): June 4, 1967 to July 4, 1967
Participants: 530 Ethiopia/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Ethiopian and Sudanese troops clashed in early June 1967. Ethiopian
troops again crossed the border in July.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from July 2, 1967. End Date changed from July
3, 1967.
MID#2142
Dispute Number: 2142
Date(s): January 1, 1977 to April 12, 1977
Participants: 530 Ethiopia/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On January 1, 1977, the President Nemery of Sudan alleged that Ethiopia
was harboring and training Sudanese dissidents against his government and retaliated
by putting his troops along the Ethiopian border on full alert. The Ethiopian head of
state responded by accusing Sudan of funding and arming Eritrean dissidents, who
were engaged in a civil war with the Ethiopian government. On April 11, Ethiopia
alleged that it was being invaded by forces armed by Sudan and with the assistance of
Sudanese artillery and tanks amid clashes between both countries. Ethiopia mobilized
and readied its military to fight both Sudan and the Eritreans the following day, but
tensions dissipated then for some time.
Coding changes: End Date changed from April 14, 1977.
MID#3000
Dispute Number: 3000
Date(s): February 27, 1979 to August 27, 1979
Participants: 530 Ethiopia/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: While fighting the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front, Ethiopian forces
continued to press farther north and occupied the Sudanese border town of Qarora.
Coding changes: End Date changed from March 1, 1979.