Ethiopia concerned by Sudan coup, woes despite its own year-old Tigrayan crisis

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Workers move iron bars with a crane at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. PHOTO | AFP

Ethiopia is agonising over the political chaos in neighbouring Sudan, even as it faces the crisis in its backyard of Tigray, which will be marking a year this coming week.

As the military in Sudan took over power in a coup on Monday, Ethiopia was among the first responders in the region, expressing concerns and calling on all political parties to “calm and de-escalate and “to exert every effort towards a peaceful end to this crisis.”