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Sudan bans flights over Ethiopia border hotspot

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Sudanese authorities have banned aircraft from flying over a flashpoint border area with Ethiopia. PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP

Khartoum

Sudanese authorities on Thursday banned aircraft from flying over a flashpoint border area with Ethiopia after alleging an Ethiopian military aircraft entered its airspace in "a dangerous escalation" to bilateral tensions.

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