Badme is a town in the Horn of Africa that is the focus of a territorial dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is claimed by both Eritrea, which considers Badme to be a part of Gash-Barka Zone, and Ethiopia, which considers Badme part of the Mirabawi Zone of the Tigray Region. This dispute was the basis of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, which began in 1998. Nations of the Horn of Africa. ... A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more states, or over the possession/control of land by one state after it has conquered it from a former state no longer currently recognized by the occupying power. ... Gash-Barka is one of the six main regions of Eritrea, where over 500,000 Eritreans live. ... Miirabawi (or Western) is one of four Zones in the Ethiopian Tigray Region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... Combatants Eritrea Ethiopia Commanders Unknown Unknown Casualties 19,000 123,000[1] [2] The Eritrean-Ethiopian War took place from May 1998 to June 2000 between Ethiopia and Eritrea. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

The Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia in 2005 reported that this town has an estimated total population of 1563, of whom 834 were males and 729 were females.^[1] Eritrean population estimates have not yet been found. The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ...

The boundaries of Ethiopia and Eritrea follow a frontier defined by a treaty between Ethiopia and Italy in 1902, which ruled Eritrea as a colony at the time. However, the frontier near Badme was poorly defined in the treaty, and since Eritrea became a separate nation in 1993 each nation disputed where the boundary actually runs. The town of Badme was ceded by the TPLF (the predecessor of the EPRDF, Ethiopia's currently ruling party) to the EPLF (the predecessor of the PFDJ, Eritrea's ruling organization) in November 1977.^[2] 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) is a political party in Ethiopia. ... The Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) was an armed organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. ... The Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice is the only legal Eritrean political party. ...

In 2000, Eritrea and Ethiopia signed the Algiers Agreement which forwarded the border dispute to a Hague boundary commission. In the Agreement both parties agreed in advance to comply with the ruling of the Border Commission. In 2002, the commission ruled on where the boundary ran, placing Badme inside Eritrean territory. However, many of the inhabitants of Badme still consider themselves Ethiopian citizens.^[3] The Sudan Tribune reported that during January 2005, Badme inhabitants were registering to vote in the May Ethiopian elections. The Algiers Agreement was an agreement between the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia signed on 12 December 2000 at Algiers, Algeria to end the Ethiopia-Eritrea War, a border war fought by the two countries from 1998 to 2002. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Ethiopia held general elections on May 15, 2005, for seats in both its national and in four regional government councils. ...

Other disputed areas along the Eritrean-Ethiopian border include Tsorona-Zalambessa and Bure. Tsorona-Zalambessa is a small disputed area on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. ... Bure is a small disputed area on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, about 50 miles west of Assab. ...

Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. ^ Kendie, Daniel (2005). The Five Dimensions of the Eritrean Conflict 1941-2004: Deciphering the Geo-Political Puzzle. Signature Book Printing. ISBN 1-932433-47-3.
3. ^ Badme: Village in no man's land (2002-04-22). Retrieved on 2006-08-31.

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External links

• Border a geographer's nightmare
• Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission

Coordinates: 14°43′N 37°48′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...