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Sudanese media reported, on Sunday evening, that the Sudanese army attacked sites inside Ethiopia in response to the Ethiopian forces’ bombing of an area in Sudan.
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The “Sudan Tribune” newspaper stated that a Sudanese reconnaissance force coming from the Abu Taur Mountains inside Sudan on the border strip between the two countries was subjected to mortar shelling operations by the Ethiopian army forces stationed in the Abd al-Rafia area inside Ethiopia.
The newspaper reported that the Sudanese army responded to the attacking force without any loss of life in its ranks.
The Sudanese-Ethiopian relations have been witnessing an escalating tension for weeks against the backdrop of armed attacks on the borders of the two countries, which Khartoum says were carried out by Ethiopian militias backed by government forces on Sudanese territory.
On January 12, Sudan announced that Ethiopian forces launched an attack on the Fashaqa area within the Sudanese borders in the state of Gedaref, killing 6 people, 5 women and a child.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, which it accused of carrying out “the Ethiopian gangs of the Shift”, and appealed to “the international community and regional organizations to condemn these criminal acts and demand their immediate end.”
In turn, Ethiopia accused the Sudanese forces of “seizing 9 regions” within the Ethiopian borders and “violating the agreement signed between the two countries in 1972 on border issues by invading Ethiopian lands.”
There is a conflict between some components of the population in the border region of Fashaqa, where the Sudanese residents accuse Ethiopian tribes of using this land for agriculture for their benefit in some seasons of the year.
Both Sudan and Ethiopia declared their unwillingness to wage a border war, but Khartoum rejected Addis Ababa’s request to hold negotiations on border areas that Sudan sees as part of its territory and is not acceptable to debate.
Source: Sudan Tribune + agencies
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