A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations and the entire region. How the issue is handled will also have severe consequences for political transitions in both countries.
On 4 May, Ethiopia issued a statement accusing Sudan of ‘increasingly bellicose propaganda’ regarding their border and negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). It criticised Sudan’s 1 May claim of sovereignty over Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, where the dam is being constructed.
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This is an escalation of the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia that started in November 2020 over al-Fashaga, an area between Sudan’s eastern province of Al Qadarif and Ethiopia’s Amhara and Tigray regional states. It also points to the growing intersection of the border dispute with the stalled negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the GERD.
ISS: Ethiopia-Sudan border tensions must be de-escalated
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With both countries facing grave internal challenges, resolving the century-old border dispute won’t be easy.
A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations and the entire region. How the issue is handled will also have severe consequences for political transitions in both countries.
On 4 May, Ethiopia issued a statement accusing Sudan of ‘increasingly bellicose propaganda’ regarding their border and negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). It criticised Sudan’s 1 May claim of sovereignty over Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, where the dam is being constructed.
A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations and the entire region. How the issue is handled will also have severe consequences for political transitions in both countries.
On 4 May, Ethiopia issued a statement accusing Sudan of “increasingly bellicose propaganda” regarding their border and negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). It criticised Sudan’s 1 May claim of sovereignty over Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, where the dam is being constructed.
This is an escalation of the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia that started in November 2020 over al-Fashaga, an area between Sudan’s eastern province of Al Qadarif and Ethiopia’s Amhara and Tigray regional states. It also points to the growing intersection of the border dispute with the stalled negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the GERD.
Qatar Emiri Air Force delivers QRCS aid shipments to Sudan
24 Apr 2021 - 11:22
Talal Al Anzi, Acting Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Qatar in Khartoum, with other officials and local authorities receiving QRCS’s humanitarian shipment at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan yesterday.
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has dispatched humanitarian aid shipments to Sudan.
Aboard aircraft of the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), 62 tonnes of relief items were delivered under the Ethiopian Refugee Relief, Emergency Medical System Enhancement, and COVID-19 Control projects.
The shipments were received at the Khartoum International Airport by Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of QRCS; Asaad Galal, delegate of Prof. Seddig Tawer, Member of the Sovereign Council; Talal Al Anzi, Acting Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Qatar in Khartoum; Staff Brigadier Abdullah Al Mannai, Military Attaché at the Embassy of Qatar in Khartoum; and Dr. Bah
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