SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – Tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia escalate further

14/1/2021: Radio Dabanga – Tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia escalate further

 Radio Dabanga’s report on escalating tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia have seen political leaders call for the expulsion of the Ethiopian ambassador following his “provocative statements”.

During a briefing with the National Border Commission, the Ethiopian ambassador reportedly accused the Sudanese army of seizing “nine areas belonging to Ethiopia”. He claimed that British border demarcation officers sided with Sudan and drew unfair borders in colonial times, meaning that Ethiopian citizens cannot be removed from the area. The diplomat called on the Sudanese army to stop their attacks and withdraw to its previous position “until the dispute is resolved peacefully”.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan News Agency – Borders Commission: Ethiopian Violations on Sudanese Lands are Old

14/1/2021: Sudan News Agency – Borders Commission: Ethiopian Violations on Sudanese Lands are Old

 The Sudanese government’s state news agency SUNA reports on a briefing to foreign diplomats and heads of NGOs by the head of Sudan’s National Border Commission, Dr Moaz Tango, who accused Ethiopia of neglecting its responsibilities and obligations regarding border agreements since they were defined in 1903.

 Tango stated that Sudan possesses all the necessary documents to support its sovereignty and control over the lands regained by the Sudanese Armed Forces in December 2020.

According to Tango, the Ethiopian government acknowledged the validity of Sudan's position regarding control of the disputed lands, saying that his Ethiopian counterpart did not call for a review of the agreement in their previous meetings.   

Tango explained that the Ethiopian encroachments on Sudanese lands began in 1957, with three Ethiopian farmers, with the “encroachments” continued to a level where there are over  10,000 Ethiopian farmers cultivating Sudanese farmland.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Al-Rakoba – Al-Fashaga Question: Facts and Questions

14/1/2021: Al-Rakoba – Al-Fashaga Question: Facts and Questions, by Faisal Abdulrahman Ali Taha

 Faisal Abdulrahman Ali Taha, who authored a book published in 1983 entitled ‘The Sudan-Ethiopia Boundary Dispute’, calls for the revival, development and updating of a Sudanese law to develop al-Fashaga issued in 1971, alongside the formation of a fact-finding committee at the highest possible level, with all relevant civil and statutory bodies represented, to find out how “[al-Fashaga] fell into foreign hands so smoothly” and “which party or parties are responsible for the loss with so much indifference”.

Taha suggests that “Ethiopian encroachment on Sudanese territory must have been entrenched within decades,” thereby “raising suspicions of collusion, negligence, and possibly corruption at the local or national levels.” In addition, Taha questions the nature of the rights in al-Fashaga, citing the absence of Sudanese police stations, border checkpoints or an indicator of Sudanese state authority in the region.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Al-Jareeda – Ethiopia remains friendly, but…

14/1/2021: Al-Jareeda – Ethiopia remains friendly, but…, by Sabah Mohamed al-Hassan

 Columnist Sabah Mohamed al-Hassan suggests that the Sudanese government strongly responds to Ethiopia to encourage formal apology, describing the encroachment of an Ethiopian military plane on the Sudanese border as a “dangerous and unjustified escalation”, which demonstrates that Ethiopia ”does not want a diplomatic solution” to the escalating border dispute.

Al-Hassan suggests that the absence of an apology indicates that Ethiopia “undoubtedly wants war,” which is “regrettable”. Nonetheless, she calls for Sudan and Ethiopia to “work hard” to diplomatically resolve the issue, but concludes that while friendliness between

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan quells revolt of former spy service men after clashes

14/1/2020: Multiple sources – Sudan quells revolt of former spy service men after clashes

• Sudan Tribune

• BBC

• CNN, by Yasir Abdallah and Nima Elbagir

• Reuters, by Khaled Abdelaziz and El Tayeb Siddig

• Radio Dabanga

• AP

• AFP

Armed ex-security agents linked to Omar al-Bashir fought soldiers in the capital Khartoum for hours until government forces quelled the revolt, residents and a military source said.

The former employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) also shut two small oilfields in Darfur in protest about their severance packages. The former NISS staff surrendered after negotiation

Restructuring NISS is among the key demands of the uprising that forced his removal.

However, once dismissed by the new transitional government, many of the security agents returned to their barracks without being disarmed after leaving the ministries and streets they once controlled.

Himedti said that former NISS chief Salah Gosh and a member of Bashir’s old ruling party was behind the unrest.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan: Victims of human rights abuse can file complaints now

14/1/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudan: Victims of human rights abuse can file complaints now

Radio Dabanga reports that Sudan has formed a committee to investigate grave human rights violations with specific material and temporal jurisdictions. The committee has announced the time and places where individuals can file complaints.

The temporal jurisdiction of the Committee starts from June 30, 1989 up to April 11, 2019. The material jurisdiction of the committee includes torture, rape, and unlawful detention as well as systematic violence against students.

The committee identified offices where complaints can be filed in Khartoum, Omdurman, and in Khartoum North, and at Public Prosecution offices in the other states.