Eritrea

An entry in "Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on the United States," Berkshire, Great Barrington, Mass. (2005)

Publish Date:

06/01/2005

The checkered history of United States-Eritrea relations since the former Italian colony was linked to Ethiopia in a federation promoted by Washington has fed a deep distrust of the U.S. within Eritrea that remains much in force today. An apparent American tilt toward Ethiopia since the two neighbors went back to war in 1998 has only deepened this divide.