Ethiopia over the weekend freed two Eritrean journalists imprisoned for over a decade without formal charges. The two, Tesfaldet Kidane and Salih Gama, employees of the Eritrean state broadcaster were arrested by Ethiopia in 2006 on the Kenya – Somali border and have been in prison since. Eritrea in its address to the United Nations 72nd General Assembly called for an end to what it said was Ethiopia’s continued occupation of sovereign Eritrea. They also asked the United Nations Security Council to lift arms sanctions imposed on them since 2009. The U.S.-led sanctions were imposed with the reason that Asmara was supporting Somali-based Al-Shabaab insurgents, a claim they have denied.

Source: Ethiopian News October 02, 2017 22:41 UTC