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Sudan’s offer of mediation in Ethiopia will fall flat

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: SUDAN/ETHIOPIA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Sudan Ethiopia AF SUDAN/ETHIOPIA

Topical: international relations politics social border conflict civil war ethnic foreign policy guerrillas military security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2021), "Sudan’s offer of mediation in Ethiopia will fall flat", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB263738

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Ethiopia on August 6 had rejected his mediation offer, saying a lack of trust between the two nations meant Sudan could not be a credible mediator.

Continued rejections of talks could prompt Washington to threaten more severe economic sanctions against all conflict actors.
Disruptions to humanitarian aid to Tigray will likely continue while the humanitarian situation in Amhara and Afar may worsen.
The withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from the Abyei peacekeeping mission on Sudan’s southern border will suit both sides.