Dialogue Across Borders

Background:

This interview took place in Eritrea during the Eritrea-Ethiopia border war (1998-2000). The conflict started over a border dispute between the two countries for the control of the town of Badme. 

After World War II, Ethiopia claimed Eritrea as part of its national territory, once both nations were liberated from the Italian occupation. In 1950, the United Nations General Assembly granted Ethiopia's wish and Eritrea became part of Ethiopia as a province. 

Background:

This interview took place in Eritrea during the Eritrea-Ethiopia border war (1998-2000). The conflict started over a border dispute between the two countries for the control of the town of Badme. 

Background:

Background:

Eritrea was in a state of war when Kees traveled to it in 1999. The Eritrean–Ethiopian War took place from May 1998 to June 2000. The war resulted in an Ethiopian military victory.

 Side A:

Background:

The Battle of Tsorona was part of the ongoing Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict. This conflict started on the 6th of May, 1998 and has continued to the present in the form of periodic clashes between the Eritrean and Ethiopian armies. The last battle fought in Tsorona was in 2016. It is estimated that around 70,000 to 80,000 people died in this conflict

One Sudanese man is interviewed about the accusations made by Egyptian individuals and newspapers against Sudanese refugees in Cairo, specifically against the members of his church. They are accused of growing and smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol and behaving inappropriately with women. The interviewed man dismisses these accusations as being caused by the strong anti-Sudanese prejudice of some Egyptian people, who are aiming to close their church.

The Near East school of Theology is an interdenominational protestant Seminary. The majority of the students in Near East School of Theology come from four Protestant denominations: Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian Arab and Armenian Evangelica