By BBCMore by this AuthorEthiopia has confirmed that it has started withdrawing its troops from disputed territories on the border with Eritrea, in line with a landmark peace deal the two countries signed in July. That agreement ended two decades of a bitter border dispute that killed tens of thousands of people. The withdrawal of troops had always been a key demand of the Eritrean government prior to the deal. The two countries fought a bitter war between 1998 and 2000. Despite a peace deal agreed two years later, the relationship between them remained strained.

Source: Ethiopian News December 17, 2018 09:11 UTC