Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1962 Mambo Haile Sellassie weEthiopia akabatanidza Eritrea, izvo zvakatungamira kuEritrea War of Independence
, kusvikira Eritrea yadzorazve kutonga muna 1991. Kurwisana kwazvino kwemuganhu pakati peEritrea neEthiopia kwakatanga muna 1998, uye kwakapera muna 2000 nechibvumirano cherunyararo chaiti nyika dzacho dzaisungirwa kuita sarudzo yekomisheni yakazvimirira yaizotonga panyaya yemuganhu. Ethiopia yakaramba chisarudzo chacho uye yakasimbirira pakuenderera mberi nekukurukurirana. Eritrea yakapindura kupfurikidza nokuvhiringidza kufamba kwavarindi vorugare.