Sudan Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Khaled Abdin al-Shami (left) after the army took control of an area in the al-Fashqa border region with Ethiopia on December 29, 2020. PHOTO | ANADOLU AGENCY via AFP
Tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan over the disputed al-Fashqa area is due to pressure on the leaders of the two countries from their citizens, warn analysts.
On one hand, the leader of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Burhan is under pressure to reclaim the Sudanese territory, which has been occupied by Ethiopian farmers for decades during the rule of Omar al-Bashir.
