Ethiopian UNISFA troops in Abyei (File photo: UNISFA)Addis Abeba – Three Ethiopian peacekeepers will be honored posthumously today at a ceremony to be held at UN Headquarters in connection with International Peacekeepers Day, the UN said. Among the peacekeepers to be honored posthumously are three Ethiopian peacekeepers who served with United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA): Cpl Solomon Ayalew Gared, Sgt Abebe Tesfaye Masiresha, and Sgt Tekelargay Tinikshu Haile, according to the UN. The medal is named for a Senegalese peacekeeper who was killed in Rwanda in 1994 after saving countless civilian lives. This is the second time the medal has been awarded since the inaugural medal was presented to Captain Diagne’s family in his honor in 2016. The General Assembly designated 29 May as the International Day of UN Peacekeepers in commemoration of the day in 1948 when the UN’s first peacekeeping mission, the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), began operations in Palestine.

Source: Ethiopian News May 26, 2022 14:26 UTC