On Thursday, the United Kingdom (UK)'s Foreign Minister Dominic Raab arrived in the Sudanese capital Thursday, Khartoum, to discuss bilateral relations and find solutions to the escalating border conflict with Ethiopia.
The British top diplomat is scheduled to meet with Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Sudan's prime minister, and acting Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al-Din during his visit to the African country.
In a statement, the UK's embassy in Sudan stated that Raab is set to discuss the situation along the Sudan-Ethiopia border, where violent clashes between Sudanese forces and Ethiopian militias have taken place, leading to concerns of a potential military conflict between the neighboring countries.
Raab is expected to discuss with Sudanese officials the ongoing water dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. The dispute concerns Ethiopia's construction of a controversial dam on the Blue Nile River, the main tributary of the Nile.
He is also expected to meet with several civil society leaders
Sudan is on a fragile path to democratic rule after a popular uprising led the military to overthrow longtime autocratic Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, after nearly three decades of rule. A military-civilian government is now in power.
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