“Were Sudan to descend into civil war then the entire Horn of Africa region will be affected,” Matt Bryden, a strategic adviser at Sahan Research, a think tank focusing on politics and security in the Horn of Africa, told Al Jazeera. “There is huge concern among leaders in the Horn of Africa” about the “prospects for regional spill-over”, he said. Five of those – Libya, the Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan, Ethiopia and Chad – are already theatres of ongoing armed conflict. Ethiopia also hosts nearly a million refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. “It is prudent for regional countries to keep their cards close to their chests,” he added.

Source: Ethiopian News April 18, 2023 16:26 UTC