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Killed by aerial attacks.50 ELF Martyr [12] Eritrea 1988-05-04 unknown: Shebah [2] 1988-12-05 400+ [13] She'eb The dead were mostly women and children as the men had moved to the towns to eke out a living for their impoverished village. [4] 3–4 April 1990 67 killed, 125 wounded Afabet: Aerial attacks [12] 24 April 1990 50 killed, 110 wounded ...
This is a list of conflicts in Eritrea arranged chronologically from the early modern period to the present day. This list includes: colonial wars , wars of independence , revolutions , civil wars , riots , massacres , terrorist attacks , and any battles that occurred within the territory of what is today known as the, " State of Eritrea " but ...
Beilul (Ge'ez: በይሉል, romanized: Bäylul, Arabic: بيلول, alternatively, Beylul) formerly known as Baylour is a small cape town in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Beilul was the historical main port ruled by the Kingdom of Dankali and as a point of communication between the Ethiopian Empire with the outside world.
The Kingdom of Italy invested in the industrial development of Asmara (and surrounding areas of Eritrea), [16] but the beginning of World War II brought this to a halt. UNESCO made Asmara a World Heritage Site in July 2017, saying "It is an exceptional example of early modernist urbanism at the beginning of the 20th century and its application ...
Asmara (2005) Asmara in the 1940s Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, first rose to prominence in medieval and post-medieval times.Though it had long overshadowed by nearby Debarwa, the residence of the Bahr Negash or the governor of the coastal province, it still existed as a major settlement for over half a millennium and enjoyed some importance as it stood on the trade route to Massawa.
Even if the amount was minimal (the equivalent of $100 yearly), this was paid through the Italian Embassy in Asmara and was of some value in the underdeveloped economy of Eritrea after World War II. During the 1992-93 UN Intervention in the Somali civil war , an elderly Ascari joined an Italian unit with his original uniform and rifle, stating ...
The Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF; Tigrinya: ተጋደሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ; Arabic: جبهة التحرير الإريترية; Italian: Fronte di Liberazione Eritreo), colloquially known as Jebha, was the main independence movement in Eritrea which sought Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia during the 1960s and the early 1970s.
Early on January 21, the soldiers surrounded the headquarters of the state broadcaster, EriTV, known as "Forto", which sits atop a small hill overlooking Asmara. [12] The soldiers stormed the building and gathered all the employees into a room, and forced the director of EriTV, Asmelash Abraha, to read a prepared statement demanding the restoration of the constitution, the release of political ...