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Homo erectus footprintsThe footprints were found by the team's local guide in sediment.Courtesy of Pr Coppa

The discovery of the oldest Homo erectus footprints in the world, alongside fragments of fossilised skulls, could advance palaeontologists' knowledge of the stature and anatomy of modern man's closest ancestors. The fossils were unearthed in a region known as Buia in the heart of the Semi-arid Danakil Depression in eastern Eritrea, during an expedition led by researchers from the Italian university of Sapienza and the National Museum of Eritrea.

Their latest research started in late 2015, in an area constituted by many geological layers spanning several hundred thousand years. One day, the team's local guide made a surprising discovery: he came across a 26-square-metre foot-printed sediment surface.

Due to their ephemeral nature in soft sediments, footprints tend to be altered and eroded very quickly, so their preservation is an exceptional phenomenon. Analysing the different sediment layers, researchers found out the prints were approximately 800 000 years old. At this time, the only member of the human family tree to live in the region was Homo erectus.

The researchers thus say the prints are the oldest known to belong to Homo erectus and this is a rare occasion to get a glimpse of the lives of Homo erectus individuals in motion in their ecosystem hundreds of thousand years ago.

footprints Danakil desertThe footprints were found in the Danakil desert, EritreaStephan Gladieu/Getty Images

The sediments and the shape of the prints as well as their location alongside an extinct species of antelopes' footprints suggest the environment in which these early humans lived in was very different that it is today. Instead of a desert, it would probably have been a lakeside buffered by grassland.

Significance of the footprints

The discovery is significant because ancient fossilised footprints are very rare, but also because it has the potential to improve scientists' understanding of Homo erectus.

"The importance of the footprints is due to their extreme rarity. In Africa, archaeological sites with human fossils in Africa are not very numerous, but are still in the hundreds. The footprints of our ancestors however have so far only come from three locations but they can provide us with information that is not deductible by skeletal or dental fossils", lead researcher Alfredo Coppa told IBTimes UK.

Homo erectus footprintsProbable adult footprints of Homo erectusCourtesy of Pr Coppa

Here, the footprints appear very similar to that of modern men. They show details of the toes, and the foot shape includes a prominent arch and big toe in line with the others - features that make human feet distinctive and efficient when walking and running.

A more detailed study of these footprints will now take place and may reveal unique information about foot anatomy, stature, body mass, and locomotor biomechanics - including gait and walking speed of H erectus. Scientists may gain critical clues to better understand how hominins behaved and fared in their environment some 800 000 years ago.

Significance of the skulls fragments

In addition to the footprints, the skull fragments offer useful perspectives on the evolution of Homo erectus over thousands of years.

The Pleistocene (between around 2.588 million to 11,700 years) era represents a period of major transition in human evolution, when some of our primitive H erectus ancestors evolved into species with larger brains and more modern bodies.

footprints Danakil desertDetail of the Homo erectus footprints found at the site.Courtesy of Pr Coppa

The problem is human fossils from that time are fragmentary between 1.3 and 0.5 million years ago, especially when it comes to the postcranial area of the skull. These new fossils in Buia could therefore help to fill the gap.

The Buia fossils have an intriguing blend of primitive and more modern characteristics, combining more primitive H. erectus traits with an increase in brain size and some modern aspects of hip structure.

"In this way, the Buia fossils link H erectus with anatomy seen in later species such as H. heidelbergensis", the authors explain. The fossils and the prints thus add a new piece to the puzzle of human evolution.

Source=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eritrea-oldest-homo-erectus-footprints-ever-discovered-adds-piece-puzzle-human-evolution-1566082

ኣብዚ ልኡኽ ዓመጸኛ መንግስቲ ህግደፍ ኣብ ጀነቫ ናይ 21 ሰነ 2016 ውሳነ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ንምዕንቃፍ ዝጓየየሉ ዘሎ ግዜ፡ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰደህኤ) ናብቶም 47 ልኡኻት ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ጐኒ ፍትሕን ፍትሓዊ ምምሕዳርን ክስለፉን ብመርማሪት ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኤርትራ ዝተበጽሐ መደምደምታን ለበዋን ክጽድቑ ጸዊዑ።

እቲ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ብ15 ሰነ 2016 ዝወጸ ናይ ሰደህኤ መዘክር፡ 90% ካብቲ ግዳይ ህግደፍ  ዝኾነ ህዝቢ  ኤርትራ፡ እዚ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ንጸብጻብ መርማሪት ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ብምሉኡ ከጽድቖን ናብ ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ክመርሖን ከም ዝጽበ ገሊጹ። ኣተሓሒዙ ድማ  ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ኣብዚ ሒዝናዮ ዘለና ዓመት ነቲ ጉዳይ ናብ ዓለምለኻዊ ገበናዊ ቤት ፍርዲ ክመርሖ እምነት ኤርትራውያን ግዳያት ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ።

እዚ መዘክር ኣተሓሒዙ፡  ንልኡኻት መበል 32 ኣኼባ  ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት “መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ካብ ተሓታትነት ክሃድም እዩ ዝሓስብ፡ ነዚ ንምትግባር ድማ ብጉዳይ ዋሕዚ ስደተኛታት ብዝተፈጥረ ቅልውላም ካብ ዘማርሩ ገለ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ናይ ደገፍ ድምጺ ስለ ዝጽበ እዩ” ክብል ኣዘኻኺሩ። ኣተሓኢዙ እዚ መዘክር መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ነቲ ገለ ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ዲክታቶራት ናብ ዓለም ለኻዊ ገበናዊ ቤት ፍርዲ ምቕራብ ዘስመዐኦ ተቓውሞ እውን ክምዝምዞ ከም ዝደሊ ኣቃሊዑ።

ብዘይካዚ እዚ ናይ ሰደህኤ መዘክር፡ ልኡኻት እዚ ኣኼባ “ዝበዝሕ ካብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ሰፊሕ ደላይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕብረተሰብን ምእንቲ ፍትሕን ፍትሓዊ ምምሕዳርን ከተድምጹ ይጽበየኩም ኣሎ” ኢሉ። እዚ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኣብ 21 ሰነ 216 እትብልዎን እትፍጽምዎን ብሓፈሻ ታሪኽ ብፍላይ ድማ ታሪሕ ኤርትራ ኮይኑ ክምዝገብ እዩ ክብል ኣዘኻኺሩ።

At a time when the delegation of the Eritrean regime currently in Geneva is at a frenzied lobbying to foil a decision by the UN Human Rights Council on 21 June, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) urged all 47 delegations to stand on the side of "justice and the rule of law" and endorse the conclusions and recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea.

 

The EPDP, memorandum dated 15 June, stated that over 90% of the victimized Eritrean people are expecting the Council "to adopt the report by acclamation and refer it for immediate action by the UN Security Council which is in turn hoped to hand it over within this year to the International Criminal Court (ICC)".

 

The memorandum reminded the UN HR Council delegates that the Eritrean regime "is hoping against hope to escape accountability" and that it is heard "calculating on the 'habitual' vote of certain states on human rights issues; the migration crisis in Europe, and the resistance of some member states of the African Union (AU) to send dictators with extremely bad human rights records to the ICC".  

 

"On the other hand", the EPDP memo stated, "the vast majority of Eritreans and a big chunk of humanity await for your vote in support of justice and the rule of law" and noted that what they say and do on 21 June "will remain part of history - particularly, Eritrean history".

 

The 47-Member States which have sent delegations to the current 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, and to whose the EPDP memorandum was sent, are listed below:

Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Burundi, China, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Togo, UAE, UK, Venezuela and Vietnam.

The panicked Eritrean delegation at the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, on Thursday, 16 June, held a failed side-event inside the UN Geneva Headquarters  parading presentations of Nevsun and other mining companies in Eritrea whose senior managers tried to give a face-lift to the Asmara regime and, in doing so, hoped to justify their respective company's "innocent" presence in the country.

 

There were as many presenters as the audience itself - and about half of the audience consisted of members of the Eritrean consulate in Geneva. Human rights activists and delegations of UN Human Rights Council member countries showed little interest to attend the event. Even an active lobbying in the UN corridors and tea rooms by presidential advisor Yemane Ghebreab did not help.

 

When the Eritrean embassy organizers had to open the event with the available participants, Mr. Tesfamichael Gerhatu, who for this time round seemed to be the deputy head of the Eritrean delegation, started by explaining the wonderful "nation-building" processes going on in Eritrea and then stated the objective of the side-event to be demonstrating that "responsible and sustainable" mining activities are going in Eritrea by Nevsun, Zara, and Danakali mining companies whose senior managerial staff were at hand to explain. Their presentations, which took 90% of the time, consisted mainly of old video shows of their field infrastructure and how well their Eritrean workers are taken care.

 

Question time took less than 20 minutes, which is unusual for such side-events at the UN halls. After the first four questions - the fourth being from an Eritrean consulate official, there was no one interested to ask. In fact, only two of the questions drew the interest of the presenters to say a few sentences as responses.

Eritrean Delegation Holds Failed Side Event at UN Geneva 2 1The first question was posed by someone from the Horn of Africa who appeared to be sympathetic to the regime. He asked how the mining companies in Eritrea would be affected if (giving much emphasis to the 'if') the conclusions of the UN Commission of Inquiry are adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on 21 June.

The second question was raised by an Eritrean who identified himself to be opposed to the regime in Asmara. The questioner said he was familiar with "the awkward partnership between greedy businessmen and a repressive regime like that of Saddam Hussein's Republic of Fear and that he could understand well the unenviable position of the mining companies in today's Eritrea. He then asked how the mining companies will address the recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry to avoid conscript labour and the "difficulties relating to freedom of association and expression in Eritrea and absence of financial transparency".

The responses from the presenters could be summarized as follows: "the UN COI conclusions, if adopted, will affect our activities in Eritrea. On the other hand, we are not using conscript labour, as alleged, and we understand the Eritrean government is directing the revenues from mining in development efforts for the benefit of the Eritrean people."

Thursday, 16 June 2016 23:24

UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea

Written by

Press Statement

John Kirby
Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs
Washington, DC
June 10, 2016
 

The United States takes note of the recently issued report by the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Eritrea, in particular its conclusion that there are reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Eritrea. We have repeatedly expressed grave concern about the human rights situation in Eritrea, and that concern has been reinforced by the COI’s findings.

We strongly encourage the Government of Eritrea to engage fully with the international community and UN bodies to address the human rights situation. The Government’s willingness to work on several Universal Periodic Review recommendations is a step in the right direction. We also urge Eritrea to implement its constitution, hold national elections, honor its commitment to limit the duration of national service to 18 months, develop an independent and transparent judiciary, and release persons arbitrarily detained including political prisoners, journalists, and members of religious groups.

We continue to support international efforts to improve the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Eritrea and will work to promote these efforts within the context of the upcoming Human Rights Council session.

Source=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/06/258382.htm

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰደህኤ) ብ16 ሰነ 2016 ኣብ ዘውጸኦ መግለጺ፡ እቲ ብ12 ሰነ 2016 ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን እንደገና ዝተባረዐ ወተሃደራዊ ጐንጺ ከም ዘሰክፎን ብትሪ ከም ዝቃወሞን ገሊጹ።

መሪሕነት ሰዲህኤ ክልቲኦም ወገናት ሓድሽ ወታሃደራዊ ጐንጺ ካብ ምፍጣር ብዝለዓለ ደረጃ ክቑጠቡ እንዳጸወዐ፡ እቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘይተተግበረ ቀያድን ናይ መወዳእታን ውሳኔ ኮሚሽን ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብምጥቃስ ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ንኽትግበር ዘለዎ ትጽቢት  ገሊጹ።

እቲ መግለጺ፡ ነቶም ዝሰሓሓቡ ዘለዉ ወገናት፡ ክልቲኡ ኣሕዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ሰላም፡ ፍትሕን ዕቤትን ከም ዝደሊ ኣዘካኺ። ኣተሓሒዙ ድማ እቲ ህዝቢ ትርጉም ንዘየብሉን ነቲ ኩነታቱ መሊሱ ዘጋድድን ወተሃደራዊ ጐንጺ ድሌቱ ከም ዘይኮነ ገሊጹ።

In a statement dated 16 June, 2016, the Executive Committee of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) expressed its dismay and strong denunciation of any renewal of armed conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia as it again reportedly occurred on 12 June 2016.

The EPDP leadership called for maximum restraints of both sides and recalled with regret the failure to implement the final and binding decision of the arbitration commission which it hoped would be put into effect soon.

The statement further reminded the conflicting parties that the fraternal peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia are in great need of peace, justice and prosperity and not of meaningless armed conflicts that worsen their abject situations.

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብሰንበት ዕለት 12 ሰነ 2016 ኣብ ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ መንጐ ሰራዊት ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ንሓጺር ግዜ ውግእ ከምዝተኻየደ ካብ ምንጪታቱን ናይ ዓለም ማዕከናት ዜናን ኣረጋጊጹ። ብኽልቲኦም ሃገራት ዝተዋህበ መግለጺታት እውን፡ ነቲ ውግእ ዝጀመረ ኣነ ኣይኰንኩን ዝብል ደኣ’ምበር ውግእ ከምዝነበረ ዝኽሕድ ከምዘይኰነ ተገንዚቡ።

 

ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ፡ ኣብ ዞባና ዝርአ ዘሎ፡ ንህዝብታት ናይ’ተን ሃገራት ዝህድድ ናይ ጥሜት፡ ዘይምርግጋእ፡ ስደት፡ ውግእን ወረ ውግእን ሃውህው ካብ ዓይኒ ኣህዛብና ይኹን ዓይኒ ዓለም ዝተኸወለ ኣይኰነን። ባህግን ድሌትን ኣህዛብ ዞባና ይኹን ዓለም ድማ፡ ሰላም፡ ፍትሒ፡ ራህዋን ልምዓትን ንምርግጋጽ እምበር፤ ነቲ ዘሎ ሕማቕ ኵነታት ብዝያዳ ዘጋድድ ውግኣት ምክያድ ኣይኰነን።

 

ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ተወሊዑ፡ ንግዜኡ ግን ሃዲኡ ዝመስል ዘሎ ኵናት፡ ዝሕብሮ ነገር እንተደኣ ሃልዩ፡ ኵናት ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ዝዀነ ይኹን ግዜ ክባራዕ ከምዝእኽእል ኢዩ። ካብ’ዚ ሻቕሎት'ዚ ብምንቃል ከኣ ኢዩ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ኵሉ ናብ ሃገራት እተላእከ መዘክራቱ ውግእ ከይበራዕ ኣድላዪስጒምትታት ክወስዳ ክጽውዕ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን። እዚ ወተሃደራዊ ረጽሚ’ዚ፡ ዕላማታቱ ብንጹር እንታይ ምዃኑ ዘይበርሃሎም ዜጋታት ክልቲአን ሃገራት ይኹን ወጸእተኛታት ዝተፈለላዩ ሕቶታትን ገምጋማትን ክህቡ ይስምዑ ኣለዉ።

 

ሰዲህኤ፡ ናይ ዶብ ጐንጺ፡ ብሰላማውን ሕጋውን ኣገባብክፍታሕ ኣለዎ ካብ ዝብል መትከላዊ እምነት ተበጊሱ ነቲ ብዘይካ ተወሳኺ ህልቂት፡ ጽልኢ፥ ምፍንቃልን ስደትን ናይ ክልቲኡ ኣህዛብ እንተዘይኰይኑ ካልእ ፋይዳ ዘይርከቦ ኣብ ዶባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያ ዘጋጠመ ወተሃደራዊ ረጽሚ ብትሪ ይቓወምን ደው ክብል ይጽውዕን። መንግስታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ነቲ ንዶብ ዝምልከት ብኮሚሽን ዶባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝተዋህበ ብይንን ካልእ ምሳኡ ዝዛመድ ኣህጕራዊ ስምምዓትን ምሉእ ብምሉኡ ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕልኦ ድማ ሰዲህኤ ይጽውዕ።

 

ሰዲህኤ፡ ድምጹ ምስ ድምጺ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ሕቡራት ሃገራትን ብምውህሃድ፡ መንግስታት ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ካብ ምብራዕ ናይ’ቲ ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ ቅልውላዋት ክቝጠቡ ይምሕጸን።

 

ሰላም፡ ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ይንገስ

ሕውነታዊ ዝምድናታት ኣህዛብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ይደልድል

 

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ

ዕለት 16 ሰነ 2016

 JUNE 13, 2016

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The outskirts of Asmara, the Eritrean capital, in February. Fresh border clashes between Ethiopia and Eritrea and recent talk of another border war have opened a vein of nationalism in Eritrea. Credit Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Eritrean Embassy in Kenya sent a text message alert Monday morning: The Ethiopians had attacked. Fighting on the border. Situation unfolding.

The jagged line separating Eritrea from its former ruler, Ethiopia, has been one of Africa’s most combustible flash points. Tens of thousands of soldiers died from 1998 to 2000 in a war that had been called as pointless as two bald men fighting over a comb.

As the news of renewed clashes in the rocky, barren frontier began to spread on Monday, many Ethiopians and Eritreans feared the worst. Witnesses said both sides were rushing troops to the Tsorona border area, and heavy artillery was apparently fired from both sides. On the Eritrean side, several people were reported to have been killed. The reports of fighting and the lack of solid information raised fears that the two countries could be sliding once again toward all-out war.

But by Monday afternoon, the extent of the fighting was unclear. The Ethiopian government said Eritrea started it. Getting more information out of Eritrea is like trying to see into a pitch-dark room: The government is one of the most secretive, isolated and repressive nations in the world.

According to Meron Estefanos, a journalist and activist from Eritrea living in Sweden who maintains a large network of contacts in Africa, anger at the government is steadily rising within Eritrea, and the shelling across the border may have been started by Eritrea as a distraction.

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Eritrean refugees who arrived in Cyprus in May as part of an European Union relocation program for asylum seekers. Each year, thousands of Eritreans try to flee the country, but many young people in Eritrea have said they are virtually imprisoned in a national program that requires them to serve indefinitely in the military or other branches of government. Credit Iakovos Hatzistavrou/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

“There is no reason for Ethiopia to start a war right now,” Ms. Estefanos said. “It just doesn’t add up when everything is going their way.”

“But,” she added, “if there is a war, or the rumor of a war, it could be a way for the Eritrean government to get support and divert attention.”

Eritrea is a tiny country, with about one-sixteenth the population of Ethiopia, against which it won a celebrated war of liberation in the early 1990s. Since then, the government’s isolationist policies have created dire economic conditions, with shortages of electricity, water, gas and bread. Many young people in Eritrea have said they are virtually imprisoned in a national program that requires them to serve indefinitely in the military or other branches of government.

Each year, thousands of young Eritreans try to flee to Europe; in recent months, hundreds have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, adding to the anti-government feelings, Ms. Estefanos said.

Recent talk of another border war against Ethiopia has opened a nationalistic vein.

“Here in Asmara, it’s peaceful despite #EthiopianAttacks against #Eritrea on the Tsorona front,” one Eritrean-American, using the handle Red Sea Fisher, wrote on Twitter on Monday, referring to Asmara, the Eritrean capital. “And you wonder why there’s national service?”

A ruling by an international commission, which both Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to respect, awarded a piece of the disputed territory near the border to Eritrea. But Ethiopian troops still occupy that territory more than 10 years after the ruling was issued, and Eritrea has complained that the international community — especially the United States and Britain — has exerted little pressure to get the Ethiopians to leave.

Eritrea has used the dispute over the border to justify its war footing and the suspension of many civil liberties.

Analysts have said the discontent in Eritrea could erupt at any time.

Mutinous soldiers staged a coup attempt in 2013, which was quickly crushed. In that case, like the border clashes in the past two days, little is known about what really happened.

Source=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/world/africa/border-clashes-between-ethiopia-and-eritrea-heighten-fears-of-war.html?_r=0

 

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Ethiopia and Eritrea on Wednesday “to exercise maximum restraint” following clashes on their disputed border.

Eritrea accused Ethiopia of “military aggression” by attacking its positions in the Tsorona Central Front, a border area that saw one of the bloodiest battles during their 1998-2000 border war. Ethiopia’s military said its troops were provoked into launching a counter-offensive after Eritrean forces fired into Ethiopian positions on Sunday.

The U.N. chief met Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Brussels on Wednesday and Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson phoned Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed.

“They urged both Governments to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from any act or statement that could exacerbate the situation,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

“They also called on both governments to resolve their differences through peaceful means, including by ensuring the full implementation of the peace agreement they signed in 2000,” he said.

 Dujarric said the U.N. is available to assist in any peace efforts.

Eritrea and Ethiopia have been feuding over their border since Eritrea gained independence from the Addis Ababa government in 1993 after a 30-year guerrilla war.

A 1,700-strong U.N. force monitored a 15-mile (24-kilometer) wide, 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) long buffer zone between the Horn of Africa neighbors under the December 2000 peace agreement.

 

But tensions between the two countries remain high because of Ethiopia’s refusal to accept a boundary commission’s 2002 ruling on the border demarcation which awarded the key town of Badme to Eritrea. The Eritrean government progressively limited peacekeepers’ movements in response and it July 2008 the Security Council ended the peacekeeping mission.

Secretary-General Ban warned that that a new war could break out if U.N. peacekeepers withdraw.

Dujarric said the U.N. now has no way to monitor “what is actually going on along the border.”

Source=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-chief-urges-restraint-after-ethiopia-eritrea-border-clash/2016/06/15/c7f49b28-3346-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html

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