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Heavy fighting continues in Badme

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    Heavy fighting continued today (Wednesday) between Ethiopian and Eritrean troops along the Badme front. “The fighting is extremely intensive since yesterday (Tuesday) morning,” Eritrean government spokesman Yemane Ghebremeskel told IRIN today.

    Ethiopia on its part maintained that fighting would continue “until our sovereign territory has been restored”. A statement from the office of the government spokesperson said Ethiopia was just exercising its right to self-defence with scrupulous observance of both humanitarian principles and the Geneva convention on war.

    It said that if outside observers wanted the fighting to cease, they should apply all possible pressure on Eritrea to accept and implement the OAU framework agreement for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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