Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
12 August 2008
Nairobi — African churches have expressed concern over the recent withdrawal of United Nations mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) before the resolution of the boundary dispute between the two hostile Horn of Africa neighbours.
UNMEE was terminated on July 31. All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) attributed failure of the mission to Eritrea's restriction of the movement of peacekeepers and Ethiopia's refusal to hand over the disputed town of Badme to Eritrea.
Following a 2-year war between the two nations over the town, the UN established the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission following an agreement signed in 2000. Under the agreement, also known as the Algiers Accord, the two nations bound themselves to respect the decisions of the Commission.
The AACC secretary general Rev Dr Muvume Dandala said the church body was perturbed by failure to implement the Commission's decisions.
While commending the UN and the international community for their support to help Eritrea and Ethiopia resolve their crisis, Rev Dandala called for implementation of the Algiers Accord in the interest of the people.
"We urge the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea to embrace dialogue, exercise restraint and refrain from any act that could create hostilities between the two parties as it is in the interest of the peoples of both countries that the Algiers accord is implemented in order to restore permanent peace to these two nations."
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AACC should squarely address the blame on the CULPRIT, namely Ethiopia, for refusing to handover BADME town to the righful owners, Eritrea. Strange though, is the UN who decided to move out her Peacekeepers INSTEAD OF PASSING A RESOLUTION OR SANCTIONS TO FORCE ETHIOPIA TO RESPECT THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION'S DECISION.
But come to think of it, you realise that the UN is a toothless dog while Ethiopia is the puppet of the US and the "darling" of the West. Despite all the horrible human rights violations in Ethiopia, and the invasion and occupation of the once PEACEFUL SOMALIA UNDER ISLAMIC COURTS, UN has not condemned it or raised an eyebrow. Instead, and at gunpoint by US, the UN and the West are making loud noise against Sudan which is governed smoothly by SHARIA law and the are no massacres like in the illegally occupied Iraq where the unwanted Americans are terrorising civilians for more than 8 years!
Do you recall these same Missionaries colluded with Colonialists to buthcher our ancestors, enslave the survivors and expolited our wealth which they now enjoy in Europe and US. No wonder Comrade Mugabe is telling them "go gringo" to racist whites and their sponsors in the West!
I AM PROUD TO BE MUSLIM and bravo to Al Bashir who is fighting "war on T-error" which in reality is crUSade against Islam and Muslims.
Luqman, ABUJA, NIGERIA