January 2 - 2021 KHARTOUM / KASSALA / EL GEDAREF / BLUE NILEChairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, announced that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) have been redeployed at Sudan’s border with neighbouring Ethiopia, which has seen a number of battles since the beginning of December. According to Omargamer El Din, Sudan has documents confirming ownership of the border areas where the SAF has been deployed. The lack of clear border markers has made it easy for Ethiopian militants to occupy fertile farmlands in eastern El Gedaref. Ethiopian farmers have been cultivating crops for decades along the border. Farmers in El Fashaga, backed by the El Gedaref governor, demanded in July that these lands be returned to them.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2021 12:22 UTC