A herder was killed in Khor Yabis, near the Ethiopian border, in El Gedaref, by an Ethiopian militia on Saturday. Two weeks later, the Sudanese army stated that Ethiopian forces ambushed Sudanese troops, killing four and wounding 27. The lack of clear border markers has made it easy for Ethiopian militants to occupy fertile farmlands in eastern El Gedaref. Farmers in El Fashaga, backed by the El Gedaref governor, demanded in July that these lands be returned to them. Refugees from TigrayOn Saturday, another 711 Ethiopian refugees arrived in eastern Sudan: 693 of them via the Hamdayet crossing to Kassala and 19 via the Medina 8 crossing to El Gedaref.

Source: Ethiopian News January 04, 2021 10:44 UTC