SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - No-fly zone over Sudan-Ethiopia border area begins

15/1/2020: Multiple sources - No-fly zone over Sudan-Ethiopia border area begins

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

 The Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) has declared the closure of airspace over al-Fashaga border area in the eastern Sudan region of al-Gadarif, after the incursion of an Ethiopian fighter plane. Aeroplanes will not be allowed to fly above al-Fashaga under an altitude of 29,000 feet. The restriction is effective from January 14 to April 11.

 Sudan Tribune also reported that foreign minister Omar Gamraldin rejected calls for mediation from the Ethiopian government. "Sudan does not seek any mediation with Ethiopia, because it is our borders and our land, (...) We also do not admit that we are in a border dispute to resort to arbitration, " he stressed.

 "When Ethiopia calls the border ’disputed’, this is a false description that finds no legal basis in the international law,’ he added.