 Ras Aserate akarwisana nekusagadzikana kuri kuwedzera muEritrea. Chikamu chokupindura kwake chakanga chiri chokugadzira mapoka maviri akazvigadzirira pasi pokudzora kwake kwakananga uye mari: boka revarwi rakagadzirwa zvikurukuru nevaEritrea vechiKristu uye vakadzidziswa navaIsraeri, uye boka revarwi veEritrea. Chimwe chikamu chaiva chokupinda munhaurirano dzisinganyatsooneki netariro yokuyananisa ruzhinji rwavanhu pahwaro hwokukumbira nhaka yechiKristu yomumakomo yavakagoverana. Zvisinei, chisimba chinokura chavapanduki chakabvumira Aklilu Habte-Wold kuderedza chiremera chake uye kukurudzira uto kutora matanho akaoma. Pakazosvika 1968 vapanduki vakanga vachirwisana nemasimba ehondo eEthiopia. Vapi vezano veIsrael vakakundikana kudzora nenzira inobudirira muitiro wavatungamiriri veEthiopia wokushandisa nzira dzoutsinye, idzo dzakatungamirira vagari vemo kutsvaka dziviriro kuvapanduki. Ras Asrate akawana zvakaoma kuita kuti Mambo Haile Selassie arege kuteerera Aklilu nemasoja ake uye akazivisa mutemo wehondo muEritrea kutanga kwa1970. Kunyange zvakadaro, Mambo akabvumira hondo huru, idzo dzakatadza kukunda vapanduki uye dzakauraya mukuru mukuru wacho. Boka raAklilu rakakwanisa kugombedzera Mambo kuti adzokere Ras Aserate, kuzivisa mutemo wemauto muEritrea, uye kugadza General Debebe Haile Mariam gavhuna wemauto. 