UN Security Council Lifts Sanctions Against Eritrea

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nearly a decade. The targeted sanctions, in effect since December 2009, blocked arms sales to and from Eritrea, placed travel restrictions on senior government and military officials, and froze the assets of Eritreans found to support armed opposition groups, violate the comprehensive arms embargo, or commit other offenses specified in the resolution. The sanctions were prompted from...

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