 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kubva payakawana rusununguko muna 1992, Eritrea yakaita hondo dzakawanda uye yakarwisana nenyika dzakapoteredza. Zvikurukuru hondo neEthiopia uye kurwisana kwemuganhu neDjibouti. Zvikurukuru neDjibouti Eritrea yakava nehondo dzinoverengeka nokurwisana mukati memakumi maviri emakore apfuura. Munguva pfupi yapfuura muna 2008 hukama pakati peEritrea neDjibouti hwakasvika padanho apo hondo yakanga yava pedyo, asi yakadziviswa pasina hondo yakazara. Mauto eEritrea akabatanidzwawo muhondo yechipiri yevagari vemuSudanpanguva iyo hurumende yeEritrea yakatsigira nekuronga mapoka akasiyana-siyana evapanduki vanopesana neSudan. Zvikurukuru, mauto eEritrea akapa vapanduki veSPLA zvombo, kudzidziswa, uye ruzivo. Mune zvimwe zviitiko, maEritrea akatotumira mauto epachivande kuenda kuSudan kunorwa zvakananga pamwe chete nevapanduki kurwisa mauto eSudan, semuenzaniso muOperation Thunderbolt 1997. Zvakare, Mauto eEritrea akatumira rimwe remauto aro kunorwa muHondo yekutanga yeCongo nekuda kwekubatana kweEritrea neRwanda panguva iyoyo. VaEritrea vakatora chikamu mumushandirapamwe wose, vachirwisana nevatsigiri veAFDL uye vakafamba makiromita anodarika 1 500. Maererano nomutori wenhau weHorn of Africa Martin Plaut, ichi chakanga chiri chiito chinoshamisa, zvikurukuru nokuda kwavarwi avo vakafamba daro rose vari mumagumbeze, vane betsero shomanene kana kuti vasina. Pakupera kwehondo, mauto eEritrea akanga ava nenzara, aneta, uye achirwara; akanga arasikirwa nevakawanda nemhaka yemamiriro ezvinhu akaoma munyika yacho. 