Eritrea denies kidnapping claim
From Times Wire Reports
Eritrea dismissed allegations that its forces crossed into neighboring Ethiopia and kidnapped five Britons affiliated with their country’s embassy and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote border region.
The tour group went missing Thursday while traveling in Ethiopia’s Afar region, a barren expanse of salt mines and volcanoes 300 miles northeast of the capital, Addis Ababa.
The Britons are employees of the British Embassy in Addis Ababa or their relatives, and Britain has sent a crisis team to help secure their release.
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