Fast NewsUp to 550 ethnic Tigrayan soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers in Abyei, a contested area on Sudan's border with South Sudan, refuse to go to Ethiopia fearing reprisals, say officials working in refugee response. Tigrayan peacekeepers serving in UN missions in Sudan's Darfur have previously sought asylum. (AFP Archive)Up to 550 Ethiopian peacekeepers working in Sudan have sought asylum rather than return home for fear they will be persecuted due to their Tigrayan ethnicity, an official with direct knowledge of the plan has said. Ethiopia's government considers Tigrayan fighters as militias and denies targeting any ethnic group, saying they target suspected TPLF and its supporters. READ MORE: UN aid arrives in Ethiopia's Tigray regionSource: TRTWorld and agencies

Source: Ethiopian News April 27, 2022 13:00 UTC