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Teklemariam Bekit Ahmed Rouaba
BBC News Tigrinya BBC News
Two Eritrean refugees Algeria
were killed and six others were seriously injured after they were involved in has condemned a plan by Morocco to confiscate the premises of the Algerian
a road accident on Kenya's Nakuru-Eldoret highway. embassy in Rabat.
The refugees were Algeria severed diplomatic relations with Morocco in 2021, accusing Rabat of supporting "terrorist groups" involved in starting wildfires in the country.
traveling in a minibus-taxi which collided with a stationary truck parked Since then there has been a reduced staff at the embassy led by a junior diplomat.
beside the road. Last Friday, Morocco announced a decision to confiscate properties owned
The injured refugees are by Algeria including land, houses and offices in Rabat as part of an
currently receiving treatment in a hospital. extension of the premises of its ministry of foreign affairs.
One survivor told the BBC This has sparked anger in Algiers.
that the accident happened so suddenly that they could not explain how it "Morocco
occurred and could not see the lorry parked beside the road. has entered a new phase in their provocative behaviour towards Algeria," Algeria's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Several of the refugees It
have broken legs, fractured hands and complain of head pains. described the project as "a violation of the respect and the duty to
According to a police report, the lorry had developed mechanical problems and protect diplomatic missions of sovereign states as stipulated in international
was left unattended on the road without any warning signs. law and principles".
Recently, desperate The
Eritrean refugees have set off from Ethiopia on a journey southward aiming for Uganda. They can often pay up to $2,000 (£1,600) in order to make the trip. Algerian government vowed to respond to "this provocative behaviour with
In December, five Eritreans who were heading to Uganda from Ethiopia were found dead in a all the means deemed appropriate". It will explore "all legal
boat accident on Kenya's Lake Turkana. avenues including within the United Nations to protect its interests".
Similarly, last month, Morocco
four Eritrean refugees were killed in a car accident near Meru, Kenya. is yet to comment.
The two neighbours have been at loggerheads for many years over the status of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
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