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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he met Sudan’s coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Nairobi recently as both countries were committed to “dialogue” to resolve any differences. The talk comes close on the heels of a clash in the volatile border region last month. Sudan claims that Ethiopian forces had captured and killed Sudanese troops. However, this has been denied by Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he met Sudan’s coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Nairobi recently as both countries were committed to “dialogue” to resolve any differences. The talk comes close on the heels of a clash in the volatile border region last month. Sudan claims that Ethiopian forces had captured and killed Sudanese troops. However, this has been denied by Addis Ababa.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a seven-country regional body. Sudan’s ruling sovereign council said that it was a closed-door meeting and did not elaborate further on the discussion.
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IGAD and the African Union (AU) voiced alarm last week over the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan following the incident in the disputed Al-Fashaqa border area, which is a fertile strip of land that has been a source of friction between Addis Ababa and Khartoum. This stretch of land in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern region of Tigray has long been cultivated by Ethiopian farmers. Sudan claims that it belongs to it.
