The European Union (EU) is building a roadway to strengthen the truce between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica announced the project during a trip to Eritrea on February 8, according to Africanews. “The European Union is committed to support Eritrea and Ethiopia in delivering their historic peace agreement, which ended twenty years of conflict,” Mimica said in a statement. The EU Trust Fund for Africa and the United Nation’s Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will fund the roadway. Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a peace deal in July 2018, ending 20 years of conflict between the nations, as Blavity previously reported.

Source: Ethiopian News February 25, 2019 21:22 UTC