Atbara River News Today

After recent cross border incursions, authorities in Addis Ababa believe diplomacy can lead the search for an amicable solution.

Khartoum took advantage of the war in Tigray to reclaim much of the historically disputed territory and allow its farmers to return to its fertile land.

122 people have died in floods in Sudan since the beginning of August, prompting the National Council for Civil Defence to supply relief to most affected areas.

An activist in the field of environmental protection in Sudan’s River Nile state, Abdelazim El Badawi, has warned of the environmental damage, and serious public health problems, that have befallen the areas between the cities of Atbara and Berber as a result of the traditional mining operations in which mills are used.

Leaders of the Beni Amer, Habab, and Sibarat tribes have signed an accord to put an end to inter-tribal hostilities that erupted in eastern Sudan over the last few days.

Two people were killed and 7 others were wounded in a tribal conflict over a water project in Kassala State on Wednesday. In North Darfur, militiamen violently robbed a man of his rickshaw.

Gen Mohamed ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo, Vice-President of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, has ended a five-day visit to Red Sea state, which he described as “successful and fruitful,” during which he “reviewed all the shortcomings in the Red Sea ports”, and that a matrix has been developed to address the issues at the seaports.

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Renewed border clashes between Sudanese army troops and Ethiopian forces in El Fashaga, east of the Atbara River, in El Gedaref continued on Wednesday. Sources indicate that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) aims to regain control of the Shai Beit camp in El Fashaga El Soghra. It is reported that Shai Beit is among the last three Ethiopian camps in Sudan that the army is seeking to restore.

Clashes resumed between Sudanese army troops and Ethiopian forces in El Fashaga, east of the Atbara River, in El Gedaref on Tuesday morning, one day after a visit by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan.