#Ethiopia: #US calls for accountability in assault against two #AfDB staff in #Addis_Abeba
The U.S. government has called for accountability in the assault against two international staff of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Addis Abeba, forcing the bank to withdraw its international staff from Ethiopia.
Through a short statement issued via the its Embassy in Addis Abeba, the U.S. government highlighted “the importance of all nations observing and protecting the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to ensure diplomats around the world can carry out their missions in safety,” and added that the U.S. is “concerned by the assault and detention of African Development Bank personnel and call for those responsible to be held accountable.”
It is recalled that on 16 November, the bank admitted that two of its staff members “were unlawfully arrested, physically assaulted, and detained for many hours by elements of the security forces without any official explanation” on 31 October 2023.
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