Whereabouts of Ethiopian former UN peacekeepers unknown
Dozens of UN peacekeepers, mostly of Tigrayan ethnicity, went missing after the civil war broke out.
The whereabouts of dozens of former Ethiopian peacekeepers with the UN - mostly of Tigrayan ethnicity, is still a mystery. Many had refused to return home after their mission, hoping to seek asylum in neighbouring Sudan.
More than seven million people in Somalia are in urgent need of food and shelter, says aid agency.
And will Kenya’s new President William Ruto, manage to fulfil his pledge to unite a divided nation?
Photo: UN peacekeepers from the mission in Sudan's Darfur region, sitting in a vehicle. Credit: AFP.
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