Battle of Tsorona

Battle of Tsorona
Part of Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
Date12–13 June 2016
(1 day)
Location
Tsorona, Eritrea
15°N 39°E / 15°N 39°E / 15; 39
Territorial
changes		 No territorial changes
Belligerents
 Eritrea  Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Isaias Afewerki
Sebhat Ephrem		 Mulatu Teshome
Siraj Fergessa
Casualties and losses
18 killed
(Eritrean claim)[1]
As equal to the Ethiopian losses
(Ethiopian claim)[2]		 47 killed
(Ethiopian claim)[3]
200+ killed, 300+ wounded
(Eritrean claim)[2]

The Battle of Tsorona was an engagement between the Eritrean and the Ethiopian armies fought near the border town of Tsorona.[4] Eritrean government statements identified Ethiopian armed forces as the aggressors and the Ethiopian government using a smokescreen of propaganda to justify the attack.[2]

  1. ^ "Commemoration of Martyrs Day". Archived from the original on June 21, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Press Release". Archived from the original on 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  3. ^ AFP. 'Significant' Casualities [sic] in Eritrea and Ethiopia Border Battle. June 13, 2016. Accessed July 06, 2016.
  4. ^ "Latest Ethiopia-Eritrea Clash is Culmination of Long-festering Tensions". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-06-19.