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168 Eritreans repatriated from Ethiopia

    ADDIS ABABA

    Some 168 Eritrean civilians were repatriated from Ethiopia on Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced.

    The operation took place between the Eritrean town of Adi Quala and the Ethiopian town of Rama via the Mereb River crossing point, the ICRC said. It is the eighth repatriation of Eritrean civilians carried out by the ICRC since the two countries signed a peace accord in December 2000 following a bitter two-year border war.

    The accord calls for the release of prisoners of war and detainees without delay, but hundreds are still being held in each country.

    A spokeswoman for the ICRC said in a statement that volunteers from the Ethiopian Red Cross Society and the Red Cross Society of Eritrea also assisted in the operation on their respective sides of the border, in particular by providing drinking water and food.

    Last month, 122 Ethiopians held in Eritrea were repatriated.

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