Sudan s Ambassador to Ethiopia recalled to Khartoum dabangasudan.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dabangasudan.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
January 13 - 2021 EL GEDAREF
El Gedaref governor Suleiman Ali visiting the border area on Monday (SUNA)
The number of victims from the Ethiopian attack on the village of Leya, El Gureisha locality in El Gedaref, on Monday rose to seven, after a woman’s body was found yesterday near the Atbara river.
Ethiopian militiamen launched an attack on Leya on Monday, killing five women and a child while they were harvesting sorghum. A committee formed by those affected by the conflict in El Fashaga reported in a statement yesterday that the body of a seventh woman was found, though at a different place from where the other bodies were found.
January 12 - 2021 EL FASHAGA / EL GEDAREF
Ethiopian soldier (US Navy)
Five women and a child were killed in an attack by Ethiopian gunmen on a village in eastern Sudan’s El Gedaref yesterday. In another attack by Ethiopian armed forces, aimed at Sudanese armed forces, civilians were killed too.
A listener told Radio Dabanga from El Fashaga that Ethiopian militiamen (known as
shifta in the region) launched a new attack on El Fashaga El Sughra yesterday afternoon.
“Five women and a child from the village of Leya in El Gureisha locality were killed”, the witness said. He added that the Sudanese army repelled the attack.
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December 22 - 2020 DJIBOUTI / KHARTOUM
Opening session of the IGAD project to develope a strategy to counter violent extremism in Eastern Africa, Khartoum, 4 September 2016 (UNDP)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) called on all Sudanese parties to fully implement the Juba Peace Agreement and form the long-awaited Legislative Council in their final statement at the IGAD’s thirty-eighth summit this Sunday in Djibouti.
IGAD logo (IGAD)
The different heads of state of the IGAD countries, a grouping of seven East African countries, met in Djibouti for the summit on Sunday, which was chaired by Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok.
The summit stressed the importance of prioritising stability and unity in Ethiopia and welcomed Ethiopia s permission for humanitarian aid organisations to reach the Tigray region. The summit also sought to reduce diplomatic tension between Somalia and Kenya.