Sudan Shuts Border with EritreaJanuary 7, 2018 - Days after Sudan declared an emergency in Kassala state, a state which shares border with Eritrea, the Sudanese government today announced the total shut of its eastern border with Eritrea, reports AFP. "The governor of Kassala issued a decree to close all border crossings with Eritrea from the night of January 5," the official SUNA news agency reported. A resident of Kassala told AFP that hundreds of Sudanese soldiers, several military vehicles and tanks had crossed through the town towards the border with Eritrea over the past two days. Thousands of Eritreans, fleeing a repressive regime at home, cross into Sudan illegally through the border with Kassala every year and later make perilous voyages across the Mediterranean to Europe. Apart from Kassala and North Kordofan, a state of emergency is in place in Sudan's war-torn regions of Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan.

Source: Ethiopian News January 07, 2018 22:07 UTC