Original sentence: After the Ethiopian breach of the western front and subsequent capture of parts of western Eritrea, the Ethiopian President Negaso Gidada gave a victory speech and a peace treaty was signed a few weeks later.But despite working together against the Derg regime, Meles and Issaias' positive relationship turned sour after Meles succumbed to US pressure to deliver elections within a year and Issaias  abandoned his original promise to create a transitional government in the early 1990s.. The Eritrean-Ethiopian War began in May 1998
Edited sentence: After Ethiopian troops occupied and pillaged western Eritrea the Ethiopian President Negaso Gidada gave a victory speech.But despite working together against the Derg regime, Meles and Isaias' positive relationship turned sour after Meles succumbed to US pressure to deliver elections within a year.The Eritrean-Ethiopian War began in May 1998