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South Sudan, Sudan
Tigrayan peacekeepers left stranded by civil war

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Ethiopian former peacekeepers, deployed to the Abyei region, disembark from a United Nations aircraft in Sudan on 15 May 2022 after seeking asylum.
Ethiopian former peacekeepers, deployed to the Abyei region, disembark from a United Nations aircraft in Sudan on 15 May 2022 after seeking asylum. © Hussein Ery/AFP

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Hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers from Tigray were deployed in peace missions in Sudan and South Sudan at the turn of this decade. But civil wars, first in their native region and then in Sudan, have prevented their return home, and they have still not received payment for their two-year mission.

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