The Sudan-Ethiopia Border Dispute

The Sudan-Ethiopia Border Dispute

 Source: The International Crisis Group (ICG) published on 24 June 2021 an analysis titled “Containing the Volatile Sudan-Ethiopia Border Dispute.”

Ethiopia and Sudan are locked in a dangerous military standoff over a piece of fertile borderland farmed by Ethiopian farmers but claimed by Sudan.  External partners should urge the two countries to find a land-use compromise similar to an earlier soft border arrangement without linking the issue to other contentious issues.  

Labels: Abdalla Hamdok, Abiy Ahmed, Amhara Region, AU, borders, Eritrea, Ethiopia, EU, GERD, land use, Meles Zenawi, Omar al-Bashir, Rapid Support Forces, Sudan, Tigray Region, TPLF, UAE, US