{"id":20980,"date":"2025-12-12T12:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/un-marks-25-years-of-algiers-agreement\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:09","slug":"un-marks-25-years-of-algiers-agreement","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/un-marks-25-years-of-algiers-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"UN marks 25 years of Algiers Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The United Nations \u00a0(UN) has called on Eritrea and Ethiopia to renew their commitment to peace as the Algiers Agreement marks its 25th anniversary, according to the UN.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement issued on Tuesday, the UN described the Algiers Agreement as \u201ca landmark peace treaty that formally ended the border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and established a crucial framework for peaceful relations between the two nations.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The organisation highlighted that the treaty created mechanisms for demarcating the common border and reaffirmed the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity for both countries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the UN, the Secretary-General also recalled that \u201cseven years ago, the leaders of both countries renewed their commitment to peace through a joint declaration, a testament to the power of dialogue and cooperation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With tensions resurfacing in the region, the Secretary-General urged both nations to recommit to the vision of lasting peace embodied in the Agreement. \u201cAt a time of renewed tensions, the Secretary-General urges Eritrea and Ethiopia to recommit to the vision of lasting peace and the respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d the statement read.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">He further called on the governments to \u201cstrengthen efforts to build good neighbourly relations and continue working with regional and international partners to advance development co-operation for the benefit of all.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\u2014<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14275,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-20980","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"the UN described the Algiers Agreement as \u201ca landmark peace.","published_date":null,"news_description":"the UN described the Algiers Agreement as \u201ca landmark peace.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24819,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20980\/revisions\/24819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}