 A third of five Ethiopian peacekeeping soldiers were flown from Darfur in western Sudan to a refugee camp near the border with their country after they sought asylum in Sudan. The troops are among a group of 120 peacekeepers from a joint African Union, United Nations Mission. The East was drawing from Sudan's Darfur region, who sought international protection these months before they were due to be repatriated. ION spokesman said most were from the Tigray region, were fighting erupted in November between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Ethiopian military spokesman did not respond to a request for comment about the peacekeepers.