Second Afar insurgency
Afar people insurgency phase from 1995 to 2018 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Second Afar insurgency was an insurgency in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea (also known as Dankalia), waged by various Afar rebel groups. Both Ethiopia and Eritrea supported different rebel groups in the region in a proxy war, and occasionally engaged in border skirmishes with each other, as well as with opposing rebel groups.
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Second Afar insurgency | |||||||
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Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict | |||||||
Map with areas traditionally inhabited by the Afar people highlighted in green. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Meles Zenawi Isaias Afwerki |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
275–569 killed in total[citation needed] |
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