Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (R) walks alongside Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) at Khartoum Airport during a welcome ceremony on January 26Khartoum (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited neighbouring Sudan on Thursday for meetings with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his first visit to Khartoum since a 2021 military coup. Sudan's ruling sovereign council said in a statement that Burhan and Abiy held talks on "ways to strengthen and enhance bilateral relations". Abiy and Burhan met in Ethiopia in October, but Abiy last visited Sudan in August 2020, during the transitional government of former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok. It has fed into wider tensions over land and water, particularly stoked by Ethiopia's mega-dam on the Blue Nile. Deepening unrest has gripped Sudan since Burhan's coup, which upended a transition to civilian rule installed following the 2019 ouster of longtime president Omar al-Bashir.

Source: Ethiopian News January 26, 2023 11:12 UTC