Sudanese Delegation in Chad to Discuss Ties, Dispute with Ethiopia

Ethiopians who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region, carry their belongings from a boat after crossing the Setit river on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Hamdayet village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Ethiopians who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region, carry their belongings from a boat after crossing the Setit river on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Hamdayet village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
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Sudanese Delegation in Chad to Discuss Ties, Dispute with Ethiopia

Ethiopians who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region, carry their belongings from a boat after crossing the Setit river on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Hamdayet village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Ethiopians who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region, carry their belongings from a boat after crossing the Setit river on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Hamdayet village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council in Sudan Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, arrived in the Chadian capital Saturday with an accompanying delegation including Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al-Din and Head of the General Intelligence Service Jamal Abdul Majid.

Hemedti briefed Chadian President Idriss Deby on the progress of implementing the peace agreement signed between the Sudanese transitional government and the armed movements, the FM said in press statements.

Qamar al-Din said both sides discussed the situation in the Central African Republic and Libya, as well as the border dispute between the Sudanese and Chadian tribes and mechanisms to address them.

They further discussed means of bolstering bilateral cooperation and political and security issues that would push forward both countries and people’s interests.

The official report did not mention the goals of the successive visits of high-ranking Sudanese officials to N’Djamena. However, media reports said the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia topped the discussions.

Khartoum seeks regional support for its positions, especially since Addis Ababa will host the African Union Summit in February.

Hemedti's visit to N’Djamena came five days after a similar visit that was headed by a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Ibrahim Jaber and his delegation, which included Minister of Defense Lieutenant-General Yassin Ibrahim Yassin and Qamar al-Din.

Parties discussed the course of bilateral relations and means of boosting cooperation to serve both countries’ interests, according to a Sovereign Council statement.

Over the past few weeks, Hemedti visited South Sudan and Eritrea, which indicates undisclosed consultations.

The spokesperson of the Sovereign Council Mohamed Alfaki Suleiman said that Khartoum is carrying out extensive diplomatic efforts to explain the situation on its borders with Ethiopia to regional countries.

It seeks to clarify its position, which rejects war and adheres to controlling all Sudanese lands, including areas where the Sudanese army has been redeployed.

Ethiopia, however, has accused Sudan of assaulting its territory and exploiting the war it was fighting in the Tigray region.

On Friday, Suleiman told reporters that his government did not want to increase tension by issuing media statements.

Sudan did not want an escalation that would lead to a war with Ethiopia, he stressed, noting that its army was only deployed after the withdrawal of the Ethiopian forces that were stationed in its territory due to the fighting in Tigray.



Olmert: ‘Humanitarian City’ in Rafah Would Be Concentration Camp for Palestinians

Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
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Olmert: ‘Humanitarian City’ in Rafah Would Be Concentration Camp for Palestinians

Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Former Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert looks on during an interview with AFP (Agence France-Presse) in Paris on June 9, 2025. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert said that the “humanitarian city” that Israel’s defense minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration camp, and forcing Palestinians inside would be ethnic cleansing, the Guardian reported on Sunday.

Israel was already committing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, Olmert told the daily, and construction of the camp would mark an escalation.

Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, has ordered the military to start drawing up operational plans for construction of the “humanitarian city” on the ruins of southern Gaza, to house initially 600,000 people and eventually the entire Palestinian population, stated the Guardian.

“It is a concentration camp. I am sorry,” Olmert told he daily, when asked about the plans laid out by Katz last week. Once inside, Palestinians would not be allowed to leave, except to go to other countries, Katz said.

The “humanitarian city” project is backed by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel’s refusal to withdraw from the area Katz envisages for the camp is a sticking point in the faltering negotiations for a ceasefire deal, Israeli media have reported.