Eritrea Forces Deployed in Disputed Sudan-Ethiopia Area, UN Says
Ethiopian refugees, who fled the Tigray conflict, upon arrival at the Tenedba camp in Mafaza, eastern Sudan on Jan. 8.
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Eritrean forces are present inside disputed territory that straddles the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, according to the United Nations.
The deployment in the so-called al-Fashqa triangle comes amid escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan over control of the area of fertile farming land.