Ethiopia Plans to Seek Tougher UN Sanctions Against Eritrea

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebre Kristos.

Ethiopia will push for stronger United Nations sanctions on Eritrea’s mining industry in an attempt to pressure its government to stop supporting rebels, said State Minister of Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebre Kristos.

Ethiopia wants tougher sanctions than those passed at the UN Security Council last year that advised mining firms to exercise greater “vigilance” when working in the Horn of Africa nation, he said in an interview in Addis Ababa, the capital, today.

Mining and a tax on remittances “will be the major targets with more teeth,” Berhane said. Further measures to restrict political and military leaders are also sought, he said. Read more here...