The number two of the military power in Sudan in Ethiopia for a rare visit

The number two of the new Sudanese military will travel to Ethiopia on Saturday, the official agency said, for the first visit of a senior Khartoum official to his neighbor after a year of tensions in a disputed border region.

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Less than two months ago, Khartoum announced that it had lost six new soldiers in the disputed fertile lands of Al-Fashaga, accusing "

".

Addis Ababa blamed the Tigrayan rebels it has been fighting for more than a year in a conflict that has pushed tens of thousands of Ethiopians to seek refuge in Sudan.

These exoduses, the violence, the border question or even that of water could be on the program of this "

" during which Mohammed Hamdane Daglo, known as "

" must meet "

", explains the Suna agency without naming those responsible.

10 years of border tension

Despite numerous rounds of negotiations, Sudan and Ethiopia, which have also been opposing each other for more than 10 years on the question of the Great Renaissance Dam (Gerd) built by the latter on the Nile, have never yet managed to reach an agreement on the course of their border.

Set to become the largest hydroelectric installation in Africa, the Gerd is another source of concern for Khartoum as well as for Cairo, both downstream on the river, which fear a drop in their water supply.

This visit comes at a time when the two countries are sinking into murderous spirals: the civil war is worsening in Ethiopia, while in Sudan the repression of the incessant demonstrations since the coup d'etat of October 25 has already caused more than 70 dead.