At Least Nine UN Staff Detained in Ethiopia

At least nine United Nations staff and dependents have been detained in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa, a UN spokesperson told AFP.

“Some of them were taken from their homes,” one of the sources said.

A UN spokeswoman in Geneva said requests for their release had been submitted to the foreign ministry.

UN security officials have since visited the detained staff, the UN spokesperson told Reuters.

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