Sudanese police and security forces started incursion on both Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees on July 5, 2009. The police and military have given instructions to forcefully rob, attack and detain only Ethiopian and Eritrean
refugees and not to tolerate anyone during the process.
Ethiopian Meles Zenawi and Eritrean Isaias Afworki faction leaders have been separately consulting with Sudanese Omar Hassan al-Bashir on matters of common security. Sudanese Police Perform Incursion
The situation was confirmed by UNHCR officer Teresa Ongaro. More than 314 victims were recorded. Since Al Beshir's police and security forces were given the command to perform incursion in the whole of Sudan, and Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in the Southern Sudan have also been violated. The Southern Sudan authorities said the refugees are a security threat in the region.
Both the Ethiopia and Eritrean factions used Sudan as their guerilla military base during the struggle to power. After the communist regime toppled, they took immediate action in attacking the Sudanese opposition which had camped by Ethiopia-Sudan border.
After the War in 1998, Ethiopia and Eritrea are still in dead lock. Each country accuses one another of organizing oppositions to destabilize their own country.
There are opposition parties in Ethiopia granting bases for the military and propaganda struggle. Likewise Eritrea has also granted bases for Ethiopian opposition parties.
The two countries' faction ruling leaders have a very intimate relationship with President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, who is an alleged criminal by the International Criminal Court for the atrocities he committed in Darfur.