Ethiopia and Sudan close border consulates
Ethiopia and Sudan have closed each other's border consulates amid escalating tensions and mutual allegations of supporting opposing forces in their civil wars. The diplomatic fallout raises concerns over a broader regional conflict in the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopia and Sudan shut cross-border consulates on Wednesday afternoon, expelling diplomatic staff amid escalating accusations of proxy warfare. The retaliatory closures threaten to entangle two separate civil wars into a wider regional conflict across the Horn of Africa. The diplomatic rupture follows Sudanese complaints to the United Nations over alleged drone strikes launched from Ethiopian territory.
