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Ethiopia backs new body to resolve border disputes
Ethiopia to set up a boundary commission to resolve border and identity disputes
Ethiopia’s parliament has approved a controversial bill that allows Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to set up a commission to resolve conflicts triggered by identity and border disputes between regional administrations. Supporters of the former leader of The Gambia, Yayah Jammeh want him to be allowed to return from exile - but will the government allow it?
(Photo: Women and children in a camp. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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