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| Africa: Horn |
| UN families told to leave Eritrea |
| 2005-11-22 |
| The United Nations has ordered the families of its personnel in Eritrea to leave the country, as part of an increased security assessment. The security zone along the Ethiopian border has been made off-limits to all UN staff except peacekeeping troops. Elsewhere in the country, staff have been told remain in town, and keep in touch with their headquarters. This comes amid fears of new hostility along the border, where the neighbours went to war from 1998 to 2000. A peace agreement in 2000 led to the demarcation of the border by an independent commission. However, Ethiopia has not yet withdrawn its forces from the town of Badme, which was awarded to Eritrea. In the past few months Eritrea has imposed restictions on the activities of the UN peacekeeping force. Earlier this month Ethiopia and Eritrea reinforced their military positions along their common border, when the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, warned of the possibility of renewed conflict. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, warned of the possibility of renewed conflict. "Renewed conflict in Africa?" Kofi boss, say it isn't so. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-22 19:06 |
| #2 Oh, goody. More mayhem in East Africa. I was getting bored with Sudan. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-11-22 18:46 |
| #1 They have to be told this? Wonder what daddy did to piss off Kofi and get posted to fuckin Eritrea? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-22 16:31 |