ADDIS ABABA – President Omer al-Bashir announced on Thursday the opening of its border with Eritrea, a year after its closure and accusations that Asmara supported rebel attacks against his regime, according to Sudan Tribune. “Politics may divide us, but what brings us together is bigger than what it divides us.
There are bonds of blood and geography,” said al-Bashir from the border town of Kassala. He further said the opening of the border with neighboring countries aimed to exchange benefits and freedom of movement between the border components and to promote peaceful coexistence between neighboring countries On 6 January 2018, Sudan decided the closure of the eastern border with Eritrea, citing hostile military activities on the other side of the border by rebel groups backed by Asmara.
Herald February 2/2019
