Eritrea releases 1 of 10 detained UN staff members

One of ten detained Eritrean staff members of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has been released by the Eritrean Government, mission officials said today.

The move follows several months of national staff members being detained and released by Eritrean authorities, and as UNMEE continues to protest, it also awaits an explanation of the reason for the arrests.

UNMEE monitors the ceasefire along the disputed border over which the East African countries fought a two-year war from 1998-2000.