Wednesday, December 07, 2005

War in East Africa

There is a renewed possibility of war in East Africa after Eritrea expelled U.N. peacekeepers who have been enforcing the border decisions from the 2000 agreement. The main contention is about the border town of Badme, which was ruled to be part of Erirtrea, but from which Ethiopian troops have yet to withdraw. The BBC reports:
There has been no explanation for Eritrea's decision to expel the peacekeepers or why personnel from the United States, Canada and Europe including Russia were singled out.
But diplomats in Eritrea assume it is an expression of Eritrea's frustration that the international community has done so little to finalise the demarcation of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border

There could be more international actions on situations like this, the genocide in Darfur, finding Osama bin Laden, the denuclearization of the Korean penninsula and many other areas if the international community was not overwhelmed dealing with the U.S.'s illegal war on Iraq and its policies on torture.

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