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| Africa: East |
| Ethiopia-Eritrea Dangerous but No New War |
| 2004-02-04 |
| Tensions along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border are dangerous but there is no sign that a new war is imminent between the Horn of Africa neighbors, the head of the U.N. mission monitoring the border said Tuesday. It’s Africa though so expect a pointless war by the end of the week. Ethiopia’s refusal to accept the ruling of an international boundary commission has led to a stalemate and instability, Legwaila Joseph Legwaila told reporters. "The kind of tension that we are experiencing there is dangerous - especially dangerous in the sense that we are dealing with two countries which fought a terrible war more than three years ago and shed a lot of blood that killed more than 100,000 people," Legwaila said. Oh, THAT kind of tension! "So this stalemate is concerning us a great deal, but there is no sign on the ground that in the immediate future there will be a reignition of the war," he said. A 4,200- Bet the Uruguayans dive into their holes every time a twig snaps. Last week, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy as his special envoy for Ethiopia-Eritrea, expressing serious concern about the lack of progress in implementing a December 2000 peace deal in which both countries agreed to accept the ruling of the boundary commission. They’re on African Standard Time when it comes to reaching agreements. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Jeepers, can you imagine being in that peacekeeping force? It's the ass end of the planet, rocks and dust and bugs. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-2-4 11:27:02 AM |