 Vakadzi veEritrea vaimiririra zvikamu makumi matatu kubva muzana zveEritrea Peoples Liberation Front EPLF munguva yehondo yemakore makumi matatu yerusununguko. Hondo iyi yakarwiwa nemasoja eEthiopia kuti adzorere hutongi hweEritrea kubva pakubatanidzwa kweEthiopia. Eritrea yakabatanidzwa musi wa15 Mbudzi 1962, zvichitevera kumanikidza kwaHaile Selassie I paEritrea Assembly, 1 iyo Federation yakaparadzwa zviri pamutemo uye Eritrea yakabatanidzwa neEthiopia pakarepo mushure. Nokubatanidzwa uku mutauro wenyika yeEritrea wakashandurwa kuva chiAmharic uye zvino vaizorangarirwa sechikamu chehurumende yeEthiopia. Kurwira rusununguko kwakakurumidza kukurumidza pashure pokubatanidzwa uye hondo yaizopfuurira kwemakore 30. Pakupera kworwisano yemakore 30, vakadzi vakaumba chinenge chikamu chimwe muzvitatu cheuto revarume 95 000. Vanosvika 30 000 varwi vechikadzi vakatanga upenyu hutsva mukati mokurwisana kwacho. Iyob 1997, Varwi vechikadzi vaizoshanda pamwe chete nevarume mumamiriro ose. Hondo yakaguma muna 1991, uye kuzvitonga kwakaitwa pamutemo muna 1993. 