<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Eritrean--Ethiopian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 6 May 1998--18 June 2000 (2 years, 1 month, 1 week and 5 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eritrean--Ethiopian border, southern Eritrea, Tigray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Ethiopian military victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Eritrean international courts victory </Li> <Li> Eritrean failure to push out Ethiopian occupation of some disputed territories and the border town of Badme and Tsorona </Li> <Li> Refugee displacement and humanitarian crises of Eritreans and Ethiopians </Li> <Li> Algiers Agreement (2000) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Ethiopia occupies all disputed territories </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eritrea </Td> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Isaias Afewerki </Li> <Li> Sebhat Ephrem </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Negasso Gidada </Li> <Li> Meles Zenawi </Li> <Li> Tsadkan Gebre - Tensae </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 100,000--120,000 (1998) </Li> <Li> 150,000 (2000) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 300,000--350,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> 19,000 killed (Eritrean claim) </Li> <Li> 123,000 killed (Ethiopian clandestine opposition claim) </Li> <Li> 150,000 killed (other estimates) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> 70,000--100,000 killed on both sides (ICG estimate) </Li> <Li> 300,000 killed on both sides (other estimates) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Eritrean--Ethiopian War </Th> </Tr>

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