Ethiopia: Govt Vows to Give Disputed Badme Town to Eritrea

Ethiopia will give a long-disputed swath of land to Eritrea, the government announced Tuesday.

The executive committee of the EPRDF, Ethiopia’s ruling coalition, said that it would adhere to the terms of the Algiers Agreement, which resulted in a definitive ruling on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The international community backed the ruling, finalized in 2002, and both sides agreed to a U.N. boundary commission’s terms.

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