Sudan: Ethiopian Forces Leave Disputed Abyei Area on Sudan Request

Aug 24, 2021 | Tesfa-Alem Tekle, Nation
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The Sudanese government on Tuesday announced that the United Nations (UN) has agreed to withdraw its Ethiopian peacekeepers deployed in Abyei, a disputed area that straddles the border Sudan and South Sudan. The development comes at a time when relations between Sudan and Ethiopia are souring over an ongoing border dispute, as well as a fallout from the Horn country's controversial mega dam project.