Battle of Tsorona

Battle of Tsorona
	Part of Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
Date	12–13 June 2016; (1 day)
Location	Tsorona, Eritrea15°N 39°E / 15°N 39°E
Territorial; changes	No territorial changes
Belligerents
Eritrea	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Isaias Afewerki; Sebhat Ephrem	Mulatu Teshome; Siraj Fergessa
Casualties and losses
18 killed; (Eritrean claim); As equal to the Ethiopian losses; (Ethiopian claim)	47 killed ; (Ethiopian claim); 200+ killed, 300+ wounded; (Eritrean claim)

The Battle of Tsorona was an engagement between the Eritrean and the Ethiopian armies fought near the border town of Tsorona. Eritrean government statements identified Ethiopian armed forces as the aggressors and the Ethiopian government using a smokescreen of propaganda to justify the attack.