The East African
Tuesday February 23 2021
Border row comes at a time many Ethiopians fled conflict in Tigray for refugee camps inside Sudan. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
Sudan and Ethiopia have quarrelled over an area near al-Fashaqa in Sudan and Amhara in Ethiopia which both sides claim.
It is a historic conflict and remains largely unmarked, often fuelling clashes between Ethiopian farmers and Sudanese animal keepers.
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South Sudan’s bid to mediate in the ongoing border tiff between Khartoum and Addis Ababa appeared headed for more obstacles after Sudan recalled its envoy to Ethiopia this past week.
Khartoum said it was ready for a mediated settlement but not with preconditions such as having to withdraw troops from the contested area.
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Updated 17 April 2021
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MOSCOW: Russia has welcomed the prospect of renewed military cooperation with war-shattered Libya as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hosted Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.
Libya has been gripped by chaos for almost a decade, since its leader Muammar Qaddafi was brought down and killed in a 2011 uprising.
In February, Libya embarked on a new phase of its post-Qaddafi transition after interim leaders were selected to lead the country until December elections.
“I consider your Moscow visit to be the first step towards resuming full-scale cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries,” Shoigu told the Libyan prime minister in remarks released by his ministry.
By Reuters Staff
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - An Ethiopian military aircraft crossed the Sudanese-Ethiopian border in a ”dangerous and unjustified escalation”, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian women are seen in the Sudan-Ethiopia border area of al-Fashqa, in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, November 13, 2020. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo
There has been tension for decades over where the border lies between Ethiopia and Sudan. Al-Fashqa is on the Sudanese side of the disputed frontier demarcated at the start of the 20th century, though it has long been settled by Ethiopian farmers. Clashes erupted late last year between forces from both sides.