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“Sudan hasn’t paid its electricity bills for the third year now,” Abiy told Parliament on Thursday.
State-owned Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) officials confirmed the outstanding receivables to local media but emphasized continued power supply to Sudan.
“Ethiopia is not willing to solve the disputes through violence and will continue supplying electrical power to Sudan despite its inability to pay,” Abiy said.
He underlined his administration’s commitment to peaceful solutions and regional stability. “The peace-loving people of Sudan deserve peace,” Abiy remarked.
The announcement comes ahead of a five-day AU-brokered dialogue in Addis Ababa, starting July 10, aimed at achieving a ceasefire in Sudan’s ongoing civil war.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will facilitate talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The brutal conflict, which erupted in April 2023, has claimed over 14,000 lives, injured countless others, and displaced over 10 million people, according to the UN, making it the world’s worst internal displacement crisis.
The RSF, a paramilitary group, recently escalated the conflict by opening a new front in southeastern Sudan.
