Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Eritrea: 6 Ethiopian soldiers seek asylum

(SomaliNet) Eritrea has said that it received 6 Ethiopian soldiers seeking asylum in Eritrea, The Ethiopian soldiers are Aberra Kidanemariam Abraha, Dagnew Belete Tesfai and Tesfai Abraha Goshu, all from the Tigray ethnic group, Desalegn Worku Beyene from the Amhara ethnic group, Melaku Babilo Ersulo from the Gurage ethnic group and Galo Gashartu Bandele from the Konso ethnic group.

The aslum seekers claimed that the Ethiopian TPLF regime is re-enlisting demobilized soldiers.

They further said that the Ethiopian regime’s Army commanders at the Bure Front are building houses in their native regions through money gained from merchants’ contraband sales.

And are using their authority to dismiss and arrest other commanders who strongly oppose the regime’s policy and have the support of the army.So far Ethipian has not responded to this issue.(Shabait)

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