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Demonstrators close crossing between Sudan, Ethiopia February 1, 2021 at 2:47 pm | Published in: Africa, Ethiopia, News, Sudan Tens of people gather to stage a demonstration in Sudan on January 14, 2021 in Khartoum, Sudan [Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency] February 1, 2021 at 2:47 pm Dozens of demonstrators closed a major crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia yesterday to protest against the kidnapping of Sudanese merchants by an Ethiopian militia. The Sudan Tribune reported that angry demonstr...

Sudan: Eastern Border | Ethiopia Situation - Daily New Arrivals Update (As of 27 January 2021) Format Beginning of November 2020, UNHCR has recorded an influx of asylum seekers at border entry points in East Sudan from Ethiopia, after military confrontations in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. UNHCRs teams at the border areas of the eastern Sudanese states of Kassala and Gedaref are working with the Sudanese Commissioner of Refugees (CoR), local authorities and partners to monitor and re...

UNHCR welcomes the people of Japan’s contribution in support of the response to Ethiopia’s Tigray region situation in East Sudan [EN/AR] Format The UN Refugee Agency welcomes the timely contribution of US$ 2.5 million from the people of Japan to protect and assist the refugees from the Tigray region who are fleeing to Sudan. Following the sudden spark of violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in early November 2020, Eastern Sudan states of Kassala and Gedaref have received more than 60,000 ...

English Infographic on Sudan about Protection and Human Rights; published on 20 Jan 2021 by UNHCR

January 17 - 2021 UM RAKOUBA / KHARTOUM The first Ethiopians fleeing the war in Tigray arrive in El Gedaref (Social media) Four COVID-19 cases were confirmed and are in isolation in the Um Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s El Gedaref on Tuesday. 63 close contacts have been identified and quarantined, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The international Mercy Corps organisation which is running a health clinic in the Um...

Views: Visits 9 El Gedaref / Khartoum — Tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia over border issues are escalating after an Ethiopian military aircraft entered eastern Sudanese airspace yesterday. Politicians call for the expulsion of the Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum. The Ethiopian military aircraft penetrated the Sudanese airspace when a high-ranking military delegation, headed by the Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, was visiting El Gedaref to discuss ...

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CAIRO, January 13 (Sputnik) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that an Ethiopian military aircraft violated the country’s airspace and warned of possible...

Sudan’s foreign ministry warned that any further violation of its airspace could have ‘dangerous repercussions’, including on ‘security and stability in the Horn of Africa’

The Ethiopian civil war broke out after the November 4 attack by Tigray forces on the base of federal troops in Mekelle, capital of the northern Ethiopian regional state. Although the relationship between Addis Ababa and Mekelle has been strained since the transition in which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018, few expected tension to erupt at the time and in the way it did.  Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who chairs the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), ...