Ethiopia accuses Sudan of occupying its lands, fighting by proxy for third party

The border area has witnessed tension between Ethiopia and Sudan that is still escalating-Getty

Ethiopia has accused its neighbour Sudan on Friday of occupying part of its territory and fighting by proxy for a "third party".

This was reported by the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), quoting a member of the Ethio-Sudan Joint Boundary Commission Wuhib Muluneh.

According to Muluneh, Ethiopia: "Feels that reaching a bilateral decision is the best way out of the crisis rather than inviting a third party to interfere." In an interview with ENA, he stressed: "There are doubts that a third party was behind the Sudanese move, which refers to a proxy war."

Muluneh added that in light of the long-standing relations between the two countries, the dispute must be resolved peacefully, confirming that reactivating the border mechanisms is the only option to end the recent border crisis between Ethiopia and Sudan.

Muluneh asserted that before the start of any negotiations, the Sudanese army must evacuate the area "occupied" earlier by its troops who attempted to displace Ethiopian farmers, as he put it.

Sudan has not yet commented on the Ethiopian accusations.

Relations between Sudan and Ethiopia have been undergoing escalating tensions for weeks, following the outbreak of armed attacks on the borders of the two countries. Khartoum asserts that the attacks were carried out by Ethiopian militias backed by army forces on Sudanese territory, while Addis Ababa denies the accusations. 

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Western and Arab media are biased and say that al-Fashqa lies within Sudan’s international boundaries

Sudan has opportunistically invaded Ethiopia and evicted Ethiopian farmers from their fertile lands in Al-Fashqa , but media such as Reuters and others continue to spread lies by saying that Al-Fashqa lies  within Sudan’s international boundaries. If there is an agreed international boundary between Ethiopia and Sudan, what is  then causing all the  disagreement?  Al-Fashqa belongs to Ethiopian farmers. The invaders must returns it to the owners. Just because Sudan is a desert country,  it does not mean that it has the right to invade fertile land of its neighbor.

The TPLF members are being brought to justice but the Western media are quiet

The TPLF membe , the enemies of Ethiopian people, are being captured  one by one. Well done, the Ethiopian army and the Government. But have you noticed that the Western media and others are quiet and do not report  much about it? It seems they are not happy that the criminals are being brought to justice.   

 

The Government is not serious about defending its territory

Sudan has invaded Ethiopia and occupied its territory, but the Ethiopian government has continued to negotiation with it about how to fill the Millennium Dam, instead of suspending the negotiation until  Sudan leaves its occupied territory and pays compensation for the damages it has caused. By continuing to negotiate with Sudan, while it is still occupying its territory by force, the Ethiopian government gives the impression that it is not serious about defending its territory.  

 

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Egypt slams Ethiopian statements over GERD

 January 1, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - Egypt slammed statements by an Ethiopian government official for stating that Cairo has been seeking to hamper the construction of a giant dam on the Blue Nile to distract its people from internal problems

Dina Mufti, the former Ethiopian Ambassador to Egypt and Foreign Ministry Spokesman recently said that the Egyptian government uses the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to divert the attention f its people from internal problems

On Wednesday 30 December, the Egyptian foreign ministry said that the Ethiopian chargé d’affaires had been summoned to explain Mufti’s statements in which he touched on the Egyptian internal affairs.

Egypt "condemned these statements which are considered a blatant transgression," reads a statement released by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Hafez on Thursday.

Hafez stressed that such an offence against his country is a continuation of the Ethiopian government’s approach aiming to use a hostile tone and fuelling emotions to cover its "multiple failures domestically and externally".

He went further to speak to the ongoing internal troubles in the Tigray and Benishangul regions as well as the "constant tensions and instability in the Oromia region". Also, he referred to the ongoing border tensions with Sudan.

On 31 December, the head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reacted to statements by the Spokesman of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry who said that Sudanese army had carried out inside Ethiopia.

The Sudanese armed forces "have not and will not cross international borders or attack neighbouring Ethiopia," said al-Burhan.

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have to resume meetings on the GERD in the upcoming days in a long process that has been continuing for nine years.

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It was a stratic mistake to leave Ethiopian border undefended

Trusting Sudan would not invade Ethiopia territory,  PM Abiy moved Ethiopian army from border area.  That was a strategic mistake. Sudan and other Arab countries will never be friends to Ethiopia, instead they wait for opportunities to attack it. That is what the recent invasion of Ethiopian territories by Sudan militia  shows. That is what history teach us. PM Abiy should stop his naivety and correct hist mistakes. Only strength and unity