Ethiopia: Securitizing the Ethiopia-Sudan Border – How Cross-Border Conflict Is Shaping Trade and the Control of Land

Long-running border disputes between Ethiopia and Sudan are intersecting with other internal conflicts, bringing greater militarization and economic instability.

Violent conflict along the Ethiopia-Sudan border is profoundly destabilizing communities on both sides, disrupting trade in key resources and displacing thousands of people from productive farmlands. Trade routes are becoming militarized and commodities are being used to fuel other conflicts – notably the war that is devastating other…