The United Nations Security Council has voted to end its failed peacekeeping mission between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The 15-member council voted unanimously to withdraw 1,700 troops that had been monitoring a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa neighbors. Diplomats blamed Eritreans for restricting night patrols, supply routes and diesel fuel; and Ethiopians for refusing to accept an independent commission's ruling to cede a key town to Eritrea. The two countries have feuded over their border since Eritrea gained independence in 1993, after a 30-year guerrilla war. The UN entered under Big cut in Ethiopian food rations ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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