Working people welcome Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal

By Emily Fitzsimmons
August 23, 2018

Hundreds of thousands lined procession route from airport to center of Eritrea’s capital Asmara when Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived July 8 to sign peace treaty after 20 years of war. Eritrean youth have been subjected to mandatory conscription for “national service.”

Hundreds of thousands lined procession route from airport to center of Eritrea’s capital Asmara when Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived July 8 to sign peace treaty after 20 years of war. Eritrean youth have been subjected to mandatory conscription for “national service.”