UN Troops in Eritrea Move to Capital
By Derek Kilner
Nairobi
20 February 2008
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The United Nations has instructed its peacekeepers monitoring the Ethiopia-Eritrea border to regroup in the Eritrean capital Asmara
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| A Canadian UN peacekeeper (L) monitors the redeployment of Ethiopian tanks leaving from the Eritrean town of Senafe (file photo) |
The U.N. mission, known by the acronym UNMEE, has been monitoring the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea since a 2000 peace agreement ended a conflict between the two sides. The U.N. decided to move its troops earlier this month after Eritrea refused to allow fuel supplies to reach the operation. The mission has also warned it is running low on food.
The Eritrean government is upset with the U.N.'s failure to enforce a border commission's ruling in 2002
The two-year border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea killed some 70,000 people.
In January, the U.N. extended UNMEE's mandate for six months.
the fate of the troops assembling in Asamara remains unclear.
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