Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir has announced that he is reopening the border with neighbouring Eritrea, which has been shut for a year now.
Addressing supporters during a visit to the Kassala provincial capital near the border with Eritrea, Mr. Bashir said he was reaching out to Eritreans he called “brothers”.
Sudan closed the border early January 2018, after Mr Bashir announced a six-month state of emergency in the regions of Kassala and North Kurdufan to help combat arms and food trafficking.