Tigray Region: Ethiopia Denies Attack On Sudan, Blames Rebels For Unrest - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 29, 2021
On Saturday Sudan’s military said “several” soldiers had been killed in an attack by armed groups and militias linked to the Ethiopian military in the fertile expanse known as Al-Fashaqa.
The area has long been a source of tension between Addis Ababa and Khartoum, sparking deadly clashes over the last year.
But in comments that aired on state media Ethiopian government spokesman Legesse Tulu dismissed claims the military had attacked Sudan as “groundless”.
Instead, he blamed the violence on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the insurgent group that has been locked in a gruesome war against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government since November 2020 and claims to be approaching the capital Addis Ababa.
Legesse also said the TPLF was training in Sudan and receiving support from unspecified “foreign backers”.
The land in Al-Fashaqa has for years been cultivated by Ethiopian farmers, though Sudan claims it falls within its territory.