Over a million Eritreans remain homeless despite end of war

Updated: 13:57, Thursday, 22 June 2000

Over a million people have yet to return to their homes in Eritrea, despite the recent peace accord signed with Ethiopia.

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Over a million people have yet to return to their homes in Eritrea, despite the recent peace accord signed with Ethiopia. Head of UNICEF Carol Bellamy, who is on a visit to Africa, has warned that at least one third of these are in immediate threat from famine or disease. Eritrea, along with Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya is suffering the effects one of the longest droughts on record in the Horn of Africa.

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