Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki held talks with Malik Agar, Vice President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, on January 17, 2024. Asmara’s establishment of training camps for Sudanese fighters on its territory is an extension of its keen interest in eastern Sudan over the past three decades.
Eastern Sudan contains one of the largest Eritrean communities abroad, as the number of those registered in the UNHCR camps in the region is more than 136 thousand asylum seekers.