Abiy last visited Sudan in August 2020, during the transitional government of former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has visited Sudan for meetings with military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his first trip to the neighbouring country since a 2021 military coup there. Ethiopia’s decision to start filling the dam’s huge reservoir in 2020 without prior agreement with the downstream states drew condemnations from both Egypt and Sudan. Border and politics talkBurhan and Abiy met in Ethiopia in October, but the Ethiopian prime minister last visited Sudan in August 2020, during the transitional government of former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Deepening unrest has gripped Sudan since the October 2021 Burhan-led coup, which upended a transition to civilian rule installed following the 2019 removal of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.

Source: Ethiopian News January 26, 2023 18:13 UTC