- Eritrean authorities have brushed aside allegations that they are obstructing and impeding the transfer of the UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea [UNMEE] to Ethiopia.
“The press offices of the United Nations and other private media have been levelling unfounded accusations against Eritrea about UNMEE's situation in the country," the Eritrean mission to the UN claimed.
“Eritrea has maintained all along that the issue of fuel is technical, which could have been resolved quietly without politicizing it."
Eritrea and UNMEE had been at loggerhead since December last year. The squabbles were heightened by accusations that Eritrea had denied the UN mission fuel and food thereby restricting its monitoring of the disputed security zone bordering Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Asmara officials were annoyed with the UN's failure to force Ethiopia to succumb to a ruling on the border crisis.
But UN said Asmara's uncooperative attitude had made the temporary transfer of its mission to Ethiopia.
“Asmara continues to forbid staff and trucks to cross the border with Ethiopia,” the UN said, adding that decision has been made to remove the 460 peacekeepers from the zone. Asmara's fuel blockade has forced the world body to move to Ethiopia.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
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