THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORS THAT EXACERBATED THE ETHIOPIAN AND ERITREAN CONFLICT BEYOND THE BORDER ISSUE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS TO SUSTAIN PEACE IN THE REGION ___________________________________ A Thesis Presented to The Alice Salomon Fachhochschule -University of Applied Sciences- Alice-Salomon-Platz 5 D-12627 Berlin ____________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts “Intercultural Conflict Management” ________________________________ By Worku Menamo Aymelo February, 2007 Menamo, ASFH; Berlin, Germany ___ ___ to to Fachh Fachh pplied pplied Final Master Thesis of Worku M lomon lomon -1262 -1262 Of the Of the Final Master Thesis of Worku Mena AND AND PO PO RITREA RITREA MPLICA MPLICA