Djibouti: the FRUD-armé releases the six soldiers taken prisoner in October

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The six Djiboutian army soldiers captured by the FRUD-armé rebel movement on 7 October were released on Wednesday 21 December.

They had been captured during the attack on a military post in the north of the country, during which seven other soldiers had been killed. 

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It was mediated by the federal government in Addis Ababa, the Afar regional authorities and customary chiefs, who oversaw the release of the captured Djiboutian soldiers.

It was on their initiative that talks were initiated, immediately after the attack, with the FRUD-armé leadership, which demanded in return the release of civilians accused of links with the

.

However, the stated objective of the Ethiopian mediators, according to a reliable source, was in the first place to obtain the release of the soldiers, as was the case in 2018 thanks to a similar mediation.

Two soldiers detained by the FRUD-armé were then handed over to the customary authorities of Tadjourah before, a little later, civilians, whom the authorities also accused of being linked to the rebellion, were released from the prison of Tadjoura. Gabode. 

This release of the six soldiers, previously detained in the maquis, was confirmed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which claims to have " 

 ".

The Djiboutian authorities for their part made no comment.

The FRUD-armé movement, which recruits among the Afar community which claims to be marginalized, is officially

 by the government and its leaders are wanted by the courts.

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