SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: al-Saiha – The wisdom of the brave

19/12/2020: al-Saiha – The wisdom of the brave, by al-Tahir Satti

 Amid skirmishes between Sudanese and Ethiopia troops in the border region of al-Fashaga, al-Tahir Satti, the editor-in-chief of al-Saiha, suggests that the Sudanese government reach with Ethiopia a final border settlement agreement that would enable the region to be turned into a hub for joint venture enterprises that benefits the resident border communities in both countries – similar to that in Omm Dagog district on Sudan’s border with the Central African Republic, whereby “the mixed tribal population exchange benefits and share cultivation and pastoral lands across the border without any friction or sensitivities.”

Satti attributes the fragile security situation in al-Fashaga to the lack of government presence in the region, despite al-Fashaga being Sudanese land according to international maps, and in the absence of Ethiopia regimes claiming otherwise.