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Asmara Calls New U.S. Sanctions 'Inexplicable'; U.N. Panel Points To Military Gear Purchases From N. Korea

April 11 2017

Eritrea

The United States has imposed additional sanctions on Eritrea after a U.N. report charged the government in Asmara with buying military communications equipment from North Korea, reports the Voice of America News.

This was the third consecutive year that Eritrea was identified as violating an arms embargo on Pyongyang, said U.N. officials.

Following the monitors' report in February, the U.S. called for a ban of all equipment sales or interactions with the Eritrean navy under...

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