BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1999 | 07/99

The war between the two Horn of Africa neighbours and former comrades-in-arms has been one of the most bloody and under-reported on the continent. BBC News Online's special coverage includes in-depth analysis and first-hand reports from the front lines:

Stalled peace
Successive diplomatic missions have failed to resolve a fundamental difference in how Ethiopia and Eritrea view what land is rightfully theirs.

Fear and farming on the front

Meeting the 'liberator of Badme'

Tea as the shells fall

Watch Cathy Jenkins's report from the disputed border

The Badme border
Loosely-worded treaties, contradictory maps and unwritten agreements make drawing a line between Ethiopia and Eritrea far from easy.

Ethiopia's war strategy
The Somali connection
Stubborn leaders and national pride

A refugee's story
The war between Ethiopia and Eritrea has driven people from their homes on both sides of the disputed border.

Plight of the stranded Eritreans
Women at war
Ethiopia's Eritreans lose their homeland

Ethiopian singer rallies the troops (in Amharic)