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Over a dozen local UN staff held in Ethiopia

November 09, 2021 / 9:59 PM
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Sharjah 24 – AFP: More than a dozen Ethiopian staffers working for the United Nations have been arrested in Addis Ababa in raids targeting ethnic Tigrayans under a state of emergency, UN and humanitarian sources said Tuesday.
"Some of them were taken from their homes," one of the sources said, while a UN spokeswoman in Geneva said requests for their release had been submitted to the foreign ministry.
 
November 09, 2021 / 9:59 PM

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