Ethiopia, Sudan defer border dispute amid domestic woes

Sudanese security officers patrol as Ethiopian refugees are seen at the Al-Fashaga camp on the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

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Ethiopia and Sudan may have delayed solving a border dispute between them as they faced domestic woes including conflict.

Yet this dispute is one of the most complex and long-standing issues shaping relations between the two neighbouring states. The conflict centres around the Al-Fashaga region in Sudan’s Gedaref State, a stretch of fertile agricultural land exceeding one million acres.