Eritrea says UN border force not legal
Reuters - April 19, 2008

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has said the continued presence of U.N. peacekeepers in the Red Sea state's border with arch-foe Ethiopia was illegal, government media reported on Saturday.

The United Nations has almost completely withdrawn some 1,700 troops and military observers from a buffer zone along the border between the two Horn of Africa countries after Asmara cut fuel supplies to its peacekeeping mission.

Eritrea said country-wide shortages had prompted the move. Read More.