Sudan's military said on Sunday it had repelled an attempted incursion by Ethiopian forces in an area on their joint border.
The Ethiopian forces had been forced to retreat from the Umm Barakit area, the military said, without giving further details.
The head of Sudan's military, General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, told reporters the incident took place on Saturday. He said it showed how the military was protecting the country after a coup attempt in Khartoum last week.
Col Getnet Adane, Ethiopia's military spokesperson, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tensions along the border have escalated since the outbreak of a conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region last year, that sent tens of thousands of refugees into eastern Sudan. A dispute has boiled over a border area of fertile farmland, known as Al Fashaqa.
Tens of thousands of refugees have streamed across the border into Sudan since war broke out 10 months ago in Tigray.
Why it pays to compare
A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
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