ERITREA: THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES DEPENDANT ON FOOD AID ALONG ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER.

Record ID: 274816

  • Title: ERITREA: THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES DEPENDANT ON FOOD AID ALONG ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER.
  • Date: 17th October 1999
  • Summary: TSORONA FRONT, ERITREA (12-13 OCTOBER 1999) 1. LV/PAN: GENERAL VIEW OF MAI WERAI AREA 0.10 2. GV: DISPLACED PEOPLE AT THE CAMP/ WOMAN COOKING (3 SHOTS) 0.23 3. MCU: SOUNDBITE (Tigrigna) KUBROM REDA SPEAKS: "I came here because of the war imposed on us by the Ethiopians, I took cover because I was worried about the shelling and the aerial bombardment." 0.42 4. SV: WOMAN COOKING 0.46 5. LV: FOOD TRUCK 0.50 6. GV/MV/PAN: FOOD BEING OFFLOADED FROM TRUCK (2 SHOTS) 1.01 7. LV: HILLSIDES AROUND FRONTLINES 1.05 8. GV/PAN: TRENCHES 1.11 9. MV/PAN: ARMED ERITREAN SOLDIERS ON PATROL 1.21 10. MV/PAN: DESTROYED TANK 1.28 11. TV/PAN: WOMEN SOLDIERS IN TRENCH 1.47 12. GV/PAN: SOLDIERS WALK ALONG NEWLY DUG TRENCHES (2 SHOTS) 2.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st November 1999 12:00
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  • Location: TSORONA FRONT, ERITREA
  • Country: Eritrea
  • Reuters ID: LVAB8ZMQ727EXRF2DX4QTFS6BHN5
  • Story Text: The front lines on the disputed border between Eritrea
    and Ethiopia remain relatively quiet with fighting halted for
    the rainy season.

    But thousands of peasants and farmers and their families
    displaced by the conflict are now living in a camp on a
    plateau called Mai Werai, dependent on food aid.

    Occasional shelling, mortar-fire and machine gun
    exchanges take place in this border area, but a Reuters
    correspondent visiting the front said the Eritrean troops no
    longer appeared to be on a state of high alert despite
    Ethiopian trenches being 1 km away and the rainy season now
    drawing to a close
    Nevertheless, large numbers of troops were evident
    throughout the area.

    Displaced farmers and their families in the meantime have
    settled in makeshift camps to avoid the fighting, depending on
    handouts for food.

    "I came here because of the war imposed on us by the
    Ethiopians, I took cover because I was worried about the
    shelling and the aerial bombardment," said Kubrom Reda.

    Troop movements continue on both sides as the two armies
    move to counter build ups on sections of the fronts.

    According to diplomatic and military sources, the largest
    concentration of forces is at Zalambessa, also on the central
    front, 40 km to the east of Tsorona.Zalambessa was formerly
    administered by Ethiopia, but now in Eritrean hands.

    As part of the technical arrangements for the
    implementation of an OAU peace plan, which Eritrea has
    accepted, Eritrea is required to withdrawal from Zalambessa.

    However, Ethiopia has yet to agree to the technical
    arrangements and a cease fire remains elusive.
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