Amhara — The governor of El Gedaref, Maj Gen Nasreldin Abdelgayum, visited the bordering Ethiopian region Amhara with his Security Committee to meet his Ethiopian counterpart. They agreed to patrol the border together.
In recent months Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the region) crossed the border to steal livestock or kidnap people for ransom. At the beginning of January three Sudanese people were killed in such an attack.
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