Nationalism, the 1998–2000 Ethiopia–Eritrea war and the denationalization of ‘Eritreans'

To understand why Ethiopia and Eritrea expelled, or created the conditions conducive to the flight of, tens of thousands of individuals from their territories it is necessary to consider the historical and political relations between the two liberation fronts who, as erstwhile comrades in arms against the Derg, fought a bitter war against each other between 1998 and 2000.