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Eritrea -
Ethiopia
·
On February
15, 2008 UN
condemned
Eritrea,
accusing it
of
preventing
hundreds of
peacekeepers
from
crossing
from Eritrea
into
Ethiopia -
Eritrean
government
cut off its
fuel
supplies
·
UN says only
six vehicles
have been
allowed to
leave, some
troops have
been
threatened
at gunpoint
and now
their
rations have
been
stopped.
·
Eritrea
denied
blocking
their
departure
saying its
supplies had
simply run
out.
·
The
UN
peacekeepers
were sent
eight years
ago to
monitor
a border
security
zone after
the war
which killed
tens of
thousands of
people
between
Eritrea and
Ethiopia in
the late
1990s.
·
The
Eritreans
are angry
about
Ethiopia's
failure to
hand over
the disputed
town of
Badme
- which a
boundary
commission
set up after
the war
awarded to
Eritrea -
and want the
international
community to
put pressure
on Ethiopia
to withdraw.
·
Having lost
patience
with the UN,
Eritrea cut
off fuel
supplies to
the UN's
1,400 troops
and 200
military
observers.
TENSE BORDER
·
Dec 2000:
Peace
agreement
·
Apr 2002:
Border
ruling
·
Mar 2003:
Ethiopian
complaint
over Badme
rejected
·
Oct 2005:
Eritrea
restricts
peacekeepers'
activities
·
Nov 2005: UN
sanctions
threat if no
compliance
with 2000
deal
·
Dec 2007:
Deadline to
demarcate
the border
expires
without
agreement
·
Dec 2007:
Eritrea cuts
fuel
supplies to
the UN
·
Feb 2008: UN
warns of a
return to
war as it
withdraws
from Eritrea |
