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| UN troops 'trapped' in Eritrea | UN troops 'trapped' in Eritrea |
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| The United Nations has condemned Eritrea, accusing it of preventing hundreds of peacekeepers from crossing from Eritrea into Ethiopia. | The United Nations has condemned Eritrea, accusing it of preventing hundreds of peacekeepers from crossing from Eritrea into Ethiopia. |
| The UN ordered its regional force to withdraw to Ethiopia after the Eritrean government cut off its fuel supplies. | The UN ordered its regional force to withdraw to Ethiopia after the Eritrean government cut off its fuel supplies. |
| But the UN says only six vehicles have been allowed to leave, some troops have been threatened at gunpoint and now their rations have been stopped. | But the UN says only six vehicles have been allowed to leave, some troops have been threatened at gunpoint and now their rations have been stopped. |
| The peacekeepers were deployed in 2000 at the end of a brutal two-year war. | The peacekeepers were deployed in 2000 at the end of a brutal two-year war. |
| Click here to see a map of the border | Click here to see a map of the border |
| The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in Ethiopia says Eritrea may be hoping the UN force will abandon some vehicles and communication equipment. | The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in Ethiopia says Eritrea may be hoping the UN force will abandon some vehicles and communication equipment. |
| 'Very serious situation' | 'Very serious situation' |
| In an emergency session on Friday, the 15-member UN Security Council expressed "deep concern about the impediments and logistical constraints" faced by the force. | In an emergency session on Friday, the 15-member UN Security Council expressed "deep concern about the impediments and logistical constraints" faced by the force. |
| TENSE BORDER Dec 2000: Peace agreement Apr 2002: Border rulingMar 2003: Ethiopian complaint over Badme rejected Oct 2005: Eritrea restricts peacekeepers' activitiesNov 2005: UN sanctions threat if no compliance with 2000 dealDec 2007: Deadline to demarcate the border expires without agreementDec 2007: Eritrea cuts fuel supplies to the UNFeb 2008: UN warns of a return to war as it withdraws from Eritrea Q&A: Horn's bitter war | TENSE BORDER Dec 2000: Peace agreement Apr 2002: Border rulingMar 2003: Ethiopian complaint over Badme rejected Oct 2005: Eritrea restricts peacekeepers' activitiesNov 2005: UN sanctions threat if no compliance with 2000 dealDec 2007: Deadline to demarcate the border expires without agreementDec 2007: Eritrea cuts fuel supplies to the UNFeb 2008: UN warns of a return to war as it withdraws from Eritrea Q&A: Horn's bitter war |
| Jean-Marie Guehenno, head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, told reporters: "It's a very serious situation. We're running out of fuel, we're running out of food." | Jean-Marie Guehenno, head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, told reporters: "It's a very serious situation. We're running out of fuel, we're running out of food." |
| The UN peacekeepers were sent eight years ago to monitor a border security zone after the war which killed tens of thousands of people between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the late 1990s. | The UN peacekeepers were sent eight years ago to monitor a border security zone after the war which killed tens of thousands of people between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the late 1990s. |
| The Eritreans are angry about Ethiopia's failure to hand over the disputed town of Badme - which a boundary commission set up after the war awarded to Eritrea - and want the international community to put pressure on Ethiopia to withdraw. | The Eritreans are angry about Ethiopia's failure to hand over the disputed town of Badme - which a boundary commission set up after the war awarded to Eritrea - and want the international community to put pressure on Ethiopia to withdraw. |
| Having lost patience with the UN, Eritrea cut off fuel supplies to the UN's 1,400 troops and 200 military observers. | Having lost patience with the UN, Eritrea cut off fuel supplies to the UN's 1,400 troops and 200 military observers. |
| The government in Addis Ababa said it would co-operate in letting the troops relocate to northern Ethiopia. | |
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