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UN: 15 Tigrayan Origin UN Peacekeepers Seek Asylum In Sudan
About 15 Ethiopian peacekeepers of Tigrayan origin who were due to return home on Monday asked to remain in South Sudan, U.N. officials said, a strong indication they feared going back to Ethiopia where government and allied forces have been fighting forces loyal to Tigray’s fugitive leaders.
About 15 Ethiopian peacekeepers of Tigrayan origin who were due to return home on Monday asked to remain in South Sudan, U.N. officials said, a strong indication they feared going back to Ethiopia where government and allied forces have been fighting forces loyal to Tigray’s fugitive leaders.
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UN: 15 Tigrayan origin UN peacekeepers seek asylum in SSudan
by Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Posted Feb 22, 2021 4:35 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 22, 2021 at 4:44 pm EDT
CAMEROON, Cameroon About 15 Ethiopian peacekeepers of Tigrayan origin who were due to return home on Monday asked to remain in South Sudan, U.N. officials said, a strong indication they feared going back to Ethiopia where government and allied forces have been fighting forces loyal to Tigray’s fugitive leaders.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said they were among 169 personnel from the Ethiopian contingent in the U.N. peacekeeping mission scheduled to rotate out of South Sudan’s capital, Juba. Some 2,100 of the mission’s 17,200 troops, police and civilians are from Ethiopia.
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African Union says Ethiopia acted legitimately in Tigray
By ANDREW MELDRUMDecember 21, 2020 GMT
JOHANNESBURG (AP)
Ethiopia took “legitimate” military action in its Tigray province to preserve the country’s unity and stability, the chairman of the African Union Commission said.
Moussa Faki Mahamat, speaking after the conclusion of a meeting of regional leaders on Sunday evening, said Ethiopia’s military campaign in its Tigray province was “legitimate for all states.”
The humanitarian suffering of the conflict is cause for concern, he said.
“It cannot be denied, however, that the crisis in Tigray has provoked large scale displacement . Particular attention should be paid to refugees and displaced people,” he said in a tweet.