IGAD Executive Secretary calls for calm on the Ethiopia–Sudan border tension

The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Workneh Gebeyehu, expresses his deep concern on the recent border escalation between Ethiopia and Sudan.
Workneh calls on the two sisterly countries to exercise utmost restraint and avoid actions that can further heighten tensions and to actively seek diplomatic means to find a lasting and sustainable solution on the matter.