 To all the parts of Africa, around 120 former peacekeepers from Ethiopia, where several regions, including northern Tigray, are hit by interethnic conflicts, have sought asylum in Sudan. United Nations said on Sunday that the personnel were due to be repatriated on the back of the face withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, from western Sudan's Darfur region, after its mandates ended on December 31st. The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR also confirmed the former peacekeepers have applied for asylum in Sudan, saying they would be taken to a location where they could be safely undertaken for their refugee status to be determined. This was not immediately clear whether all the former peacekeepers seeking asylum originated from Ethiopia's Tigray region. However, the Tigray conflict broke out last November. Between Ethiopia's federal forces and leaders of the region's ruling party leaving thousands keeled.