Ethiopia and Eritrea

Earlier to the 1973 coup, there were very few Ethiopians living in the United States and Europe. Out-migration initiated immediately after the coup.
During this time the out-migration started in the form of small group of 3-15 people to travel across the desert by night and hide by day.
And this was so dangerous and many died [...]

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Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia and was never colonized, but in 1935 suffered terribly at the hands of Italy’s army as a prelude to WWII.
The country was ruled from 1930 until 1973 by the Emperor Haile Selassie. In 1973, the Emperor was removed from power by [...]

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The present flag of Eritrea was adopted on December 5, 1995, and uses the fundamental layout of the flag of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front, with the wreath with upright olive branch symbol derived from the 1952 flag.
The flag is dominated by a red triangle extending from the hoist to the fly with complementary green [...]

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The colours of African unity - red, green, yellow - are seen on one of the oldest African flags.
These colours were used for the national flag of Ethiopia in 1897; a year after Ethiopia determinedly defended itself from colonial Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
The flag’s tri-colour scheme was there since the early 19th c. [...]

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Two years before the war actually broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the two governments set up a secret committee to decide what was to be done about the disputed areas.
It was able to achieve very little apart from noting the contentious points. On paper, the Eritreans have a better case.
Declarations of 14 and 20 May [...]

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