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Ethiopia and Eritrea Conflict
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Ethiopia and Eritrea Conflict On May 6th 1998 war erupted between Ethiopia and Eritrea. There were a variety of reasons that this conflict began, and today we will go through the major factors. Financial tension was one of the factors in the war. Currency problems were substantiating. Eritrea had constantly requested that Ethiopia allowed the new Eritrean currency to be also used within Ethiopia. This request was deemed illogical, and was quite rightly refused by Ethiopia. Eritrea had also stated that Ethiopia should convert Eritrea's remaining "Birr' into American Dollars. Of course this demand was also refused. They represented no value, as Eritrea had already their value into account their value when developing the new Eritrean currency. This example of currency fraud would have left Eritrea approximately US$ 200 million dollars richer. Trade problems were also a contributing factor. Ethiopia accounts for 67% of Eritrea's export industry. Even after the end...
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