Ethiopia/Eritrea: Deadlock over border ruling drags on

Eritrea has reiterated its opposition to the appointment of a UN special envoy tasked to help break the deadlock affecting the peace process with Ethiopia, the United Nations said last Thursday. Eritrean Brig-Gen Abrahaley Kifle rejected international calls for Eritrean officials to meet newly appointed Special Envoy Lloyd Axworthy, according to the UN. Abrahaley's rebuff came just days after the UN Security Council had urged Asmara to meet the former Canadian foreign minister to try and move the stalled peace process forward.