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