Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement yesterday regarding the "Ethiopian-Sudan border incident" on May 28 that "there is no honourable reason for the two countries to descend into hostility".
Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that a group of Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the region) raided Barakat Nourein in El Gureisha locality on the border with Ethiopia on Thursday. Army captain Karamallah Yagoub was killed in the ensuing clashes and three civilians, including a woman, were wounded.
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