African Horn War

== African Horn War ==
The African Horn War was an armed conflict based in northern section of the horn of Africa on the border of Djibouti and Eritrea. The war lasted from January 2nd 2034 to August 19th 2034 and caused a total of 400,000 deaths mostly civilians in Djibout. It was estimated that about 1/4 of Djibouti's population was killed. Eritrea was responsible politically and faced heavy sanctions except from countries like the United States who supplied a small amount of aid due to Eritrea's close ties with Israel, in which the US received heavy backlash. Eritrea's aims in the war were occuping the small nation of Djibouti who later allied with the Somalians to make the AEA (Anti-Eritrea-Alliance).
=== Background ===
The roots of the war were traced back to the dispute over the Obock region of Djibouti. The Province was mostly desert however it accompanied the Ban el Mandeb which was an important economic strait. On top of that historic and cultural instability caused rising tension along with the 2030 Eritrean Obock Siege Attempt, where Eritrea attempted to annex the Obock region but failed due to sanctions and lack of funding. 
=== First Eritrean Attack ===
On January 2nd a ballistic siege missile was launched into the government building in Djibouti City injuring the president and killing 19, many more were injured as well. Just after Eritrea declared war and crossed into the western Obock region of Djibouti. After this Somalia would soon declare war on Eritrea as well and Eritrea would airstrike more government buildings in Djibouti's capital.
=== Battle At Bissidiro Hills ===
One of Eritrea's first attacks landed at a small settlement in Bissidiro. Just After a large Somalian Army arrived far earlier than expected and ambushed the Eritrean force. shortly after Somalia's camp was bombed (image in infobox) killing many soldiers. The fight would start mostly from hilltops with snipers shredding the opposing army's ground troops and killing each other. The Eritreans pushed forward into the 5th of January where a large portion of the settlement was taken soon after a larger Djiboutian army arrived shortly pushing the Eritreans north onto a large area of plains and sand. The main fighting occurred here in the scrub land with the Somalis and Djiboutians attacking from the hills and the Eritreans fighting in the lower sandy terrain. This battle ended in a decisive win for the AEA.
=== Siege Of The Fillakouba Region ===
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