Content_paragraphs:  Tensions escalated between the Sudan and Ethiopia concerning the Fashaqah 
  
  area on their border. The Sudanese Armed Forces reportedly deployed troops along 
  
  the non-demarcated border areas with Ethiopia. The pace and scope of operations 
  
  escalated after militias from Ethiopia allegedly killed three Sudanese soldiers and one  
  
  officer on 15 December 2020. The Ethiopian forces are also reported to have 
  
  increased their military presence along that border. On 13 December 2020, the Prime 
  
  Minister of the Sudan met with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, in Addis 
  
  Ababa. They met again on 20 December, on the margins of the Extraordinary Summit 
  
  of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Heads of State and Government, 
  
  to discuss, inter alia, bilateral issues, including the border tensions. The Ethiopia -
  
  Sudan joint political committee for the demarcation of boundaries subsequently met 
  
  in Khartoum on 22 and 23 December. On 12 January 2021, the Sudan accused militias 
  
  from Ethiopia of killing five women and one child. The Sudan also alleged that its 
  
  airspace had been breached on the following day by an Ethiopian military aircraft, 
  
  causing the Sudanese authorities to declare a no-fly zone over the area. On 13 January, 
  
  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sudan and the Sudan National Boundary 
  
  Commission of the Sovereign Council gave a presentation to the diplomatic 
  
  community, detailing the history of border negotiations with Ethiopia and calling for 
  
  political re-engagement and full commitment to a peaceful resolution of the border 
  
  dispute, in accordance with the original 1903 demarcation of the eastern border. Since 
  
  then, both countries have reiterated their commitment to a peaceful resolution of their 
  
  differences regarding the demarcation of the border. Djibouti, South Sudan and the 
  
  United Arab Emirates have offered to provide mediation.