From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Mon Sep 21 2009 - 17:24:36 EDT
Sudan, Ethiopia to implement border demarcation in October
Posted in September 19th, 2009 by Editor in Ethio/Sudan Boarder Abbay
Media
Editor's Note: The final blow to the integrity of Ethiopian sovereignty
in regards of the Ethiopian farmlands bordering Sudan is scheduled for
next month. In April 2008, the Ethiopian Border Committee exposed the
secret land deal between TPLF and Sudan, which forced Weyane to announce
for the first time to it's rubber stamp parliament the deal which favors
Sudan over Ethiopian interests. Abbay Media has captured all the news
items and interviews, and provided an extensive archive for all to see.
Please visit the Archive HERE
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the truth.
Dear Ethiopians around the world, we need to voice our disapproval for
these latest treasonous act of Weyane, as well as inform our people
inside Ethiopia of the latest developments regarding our border.
Sudan Tribune
September 17, 2009 (KHARTOUM) - Ethiopia-Sudan joint committee will
begin border demarcation between the two countries next month, a
Sudanese minister said.
Engineer Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, Minister of the Interior announced the
beginning of the demarcation of the border between Sudan and Ethiopia in
the ninth of October this year by the joint Committee.
The minister further stressed the readiness of the joint technical
committee to complete the demarcation to the fullest.
The minister made his statements following a ministerial meeting held in
Khartoum on Wednesday to discuss the operational plan for redrawing the
border between the two countries.
The meeting was attended by Mr. Salah Abdallah Gosh, presidential
adviser, Gen. Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, defense minister, Mr. Samani
Al-Wassila, state minister at the foreign ministry and several members
of the Committee.
The meeting studied the readiness of all relevant services to complete
the border demarcation and ways to overcome all obstacles. In this
regard, an inter-ministerial commission has been formed including the
department of survey and other relevant actors.
During several years of negotiations Sudan and Ethiopia on border
demarcation, the two countries agreed to implement different development
projects in the joint border for the benefit of the population of the
two countries in the border area.
Joint committees of the border regions from the two sides meet regularly
to discuss issues of common concern and joint projects.
During the past years, Sudanese and Ethiopian farmers disputed the
landownership and some gunmen pillaged border villages. The two
countries also suspected rebel groups of having presence in these areas.
Some Ethiopian opposition groups and organizations said opposed to the
ongoing border demarcation between the two countries and accused the
government of Meles Zenawi of dislocating Ethiopian farmers from their
land to cede it to Sudan.
They further say Sudan in return committed its self to deport Ethiopian
opponents and letting the ruling "EPRDF security agents roam" freely in
the Sudan to harass and kidnap refugees.
The opposition group said Sudanese authorities had "chased away
Ethiopian peasants and farmers from their land, closed farms, stationed
Sudanese soldiers on Ethiopian soil, damaged farm machinery, arrested
and taken to the Sudan Ethiopian nationals and even killed several
others over the past months."
Source: Sudan Tribune
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