In June 2016 , Eritrea claimed that 200 Ethiopian soldiers were killed and 300 wounded in a battle at Tsorona . On 22June 2016 Eritrea warned the UN Human Rights Council that a new war between Ethiopia and the country can restart as Ethiopia was planning for a new attack . On 2April 2018 former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned due the unrest and a new Ethiopian Prime Minister , Abiy Ahmed , was appointed . On 5June 2018 Ahmed announced that Ethiopia relinquished its claims on the disputed areas and that the conflict with Eritrea was at an end . He arrived on 8July 2018 in Asmara , Eritrea . Where his counterpart , President Isaias Afwerki , greeted him at Asmara International Airport . The next day both leaders signed a five-point Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship , which declared that " the state of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea has come to an end ; a new era of peace and friendship has been opened " and ceded Badme to Eritrea
Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship
2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict