Discussion on Ethio-Eritrean Border tension

The lack of progress in resolving the Ethiopia-Eritrea border issue has prompted growing concern about the prospects for a military confrontation between the two neighbors.

Ethiopian and Eritrean scholars recently joined the VOA Amharic program’s Alula Kebede to discuss the threat of conflict, possible ways to resolve the issue and the role scholars from both sides can play in an effort to curb the threat of war and bring a last peace between the two neighboring nations. The panel included: Shumet Sishagne, professor of African & Middle East history, Christopher Newport University, in Virginia; Bereket Habtesellassie, University of North Carolina professor of law & African history; and Gebru Tareke, Professor of African & Middle East history, at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York. (click the link above to hear the discussion in Amharic).