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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.
December 18 - 2020 EL FASHAGA / EL GEDAREF
Map, updated on December 9, to show the movement of refugees from Ethiopia s Tigray region into Sudan s Kassala, El Gedaref, Sennar, and Blue Nile states (USAID/UNHCR)
The number of wounded in the attack by Ethiopian armed and militia forces on members of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fashaga, El Gedaref, on Tuesday has risen to 27.
Sources from El Fashaga told Radio Dabanga yesterday that Ethiopian militiamen from neighbouring Amarah region (called
shifta in the region)
and Ethiopian army troops seized army vehicles and captured at least seven Sudanese soldiers during the attack on Tuesday.