Sudan’s military ruler Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan flew to his country’s eastern region close to Ethiopia’s border hours after the army accused Ethiopia of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian it said were held captive. Gen Al Burhan, who seized power in Sudan eight months ago, flew to the Al Fashaqa region accompanied by senior army officers, according to military officials. Relations between Sudan and Ethiopia have been fraught in recent years, mostly over the contested border region of Fashaqa, a fertile farming strip long settled by Ethiopian farmers protected by pro-government militias. APThe eastern territories of Sudan, which border Ethiopia's Tigray region, have been the site of deadly clashes between the Sudanese and the Ethiopian sides in the past 18 months. The border dispute is part of wider tensions between the two countries, which include differences over Ethiopia's hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile about 20 kilometres from the Sudanese border.

Source: Ethiopian News June 27, 2022 10:45 UTC