It is rare for government officials from the country known as "Africa's North Korea" to talk to European media. But Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh spoke to RFI's Anthony Lattier and Brenna Daldorph about recent clashes on Eritrea's border with Ethiopia and journalists and opposition figures who were arrested and disappeared more than 15 years ago.
On Sunday 12 June fighting broke out on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia near the town of Tsorona. Saleh confirmed that the incident did occur, though he did not know the death count.
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