December 24 - 2020 KHARTOUM / HAMDAYET
Refugees from Tigray, Ethiopia, flee to Sudan in Hamdayet (UNHCR / Hazim Elhag)
The border demarcation negotiations between Sudanese and Ethiopian government delegations in Khartoum were concluded yesterday afternoon without any results.
The Sudanese delegation was headed by Omar Manis, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, while the Ethiopian side was headed by Demeke Mekonnen, the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister.
Sources say that the negotiations failed because the Ethiopian delegation refused to recognise the 1903 border demarcation, saying that the British-Ethiopian treaty on the border was signed in colonial times.
In a joint statement, the two parties said that both delegations exchanged views only. They will submit their reports to their governments. The next meeting will be held in Addis Ababa at a date to be determined later.
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December 23 - 2020 EL FASHAGA
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The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) report that they recaptured territory in the Salam Bir and Mahaj areas in El Gedaref from the Ethiopian army and armed militia.
In video clips, soldiers from the armed forces said that they would continue their operations until all the occupied areas have been recaptured. At the same time, Ethiopian troops and militias launched a series of new attacks in which a local shepherd was injured.
Earlier this month, the SAF regained control of the area of Khor Yabis in El Fashaga locality in eastern El Gedaref after the area had been occupied by Ethiopian farmers and gunmen (called shifta in the region) for over 25 years.
Sudan and Ethiopia have started their talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to demarcate their border, as Addis Ababa said incidents in a disputed area jeopardised otherwise friendly ties between the neighbours.
Recent violence “did not resemble the cordial relation that exists between our two countries”, Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Demeke Mekonnen, said on Tuesday.
“It is endangering the agreements we have reached to maintain the status quo,” he said, according to the opening remarks distributed by Ethiopia’s embassy in Khartoum.
The two-day talks in the capital came a week after Ethiopian forces reportedly ambushed Sudanese troops along the border, leaving four dead and more than 20 wounded.
Sudan and Ethiopia began talks on Tuesday to demarcate a shared border, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok‘s office said a week after Ethiopian forces reportedly ambushed Sudanese troops along the border, leaving four dead and more than 20 wounded.
Recent violence did not resemble the cordial relation that exists between our two countries , said Ethiopian deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Demeke Mekonnen. It is endangering the agreements we have reached to maintain the status quo, he said, according to opening remarks distributed by Ethiopia s embassy in Khartoum.
Sudan has since deployed troops to the Al-Fashaqa border region, the site of sporadic clashes.