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July 18, 2018

Direct Flights Resume Between Ethiopia and Eritrea
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In East Africa, the first direct flights between Ethiopia and Eritrea in
20 years have taken off from Addis Ababa, headed to Eritrea's capital
Asmara, this morning. Al Jazeera reports that the majority of the
flights' passengers were members of families separated by the
long-running "state of war" between the neighboring countries. The
resumed flights come as part of a historic peace effort to end the
20-year conflict.


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