Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
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6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan have called for political and peaceful solutions amid escalating conflicts across the region, including Sudan’s civil war and major fighting in Ethiopia.
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Egypt → call → Ethiopia
The leaders of the four countries – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who heads Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council – issued a joint declaration on Sunday following a meeting in New Alamein City in Egypt.
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who → head → Egypt
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Ethiopia has accused Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing the armed alliance fighting its government.
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Ethiopia → retake → government
Officials from all three countries have denied involvement.
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Officials → deny → involvement
Earlier on Sunday, el-Sisi said that cross-border challenges required “a dialogue, not confrontation”.
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challenges → say → dialogue
The joint declaration appeared to push back against several policies pursued by Ethiopia in recent years, highlighting widening rifts between Addis Ababa and its neighbours.
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declaration → appear → Ababa
The declaration backed Sudan’s military-led government and called for a political process led by Sudanese parties.
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declaration → back → parties
Sudan and Ethiopia have traded accusations of interference in Sudan’s civil war.
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Sudan → trade → war
The declaration also said control of the Red Sea should remain with the coastal states, seemingly in response to landlocked Ethiopia’s pursuit of sovereign access to the sea and a naval presence.
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control → say → sea
Somalia’s Mohamud told Al Jazeera on Saturday that Mogadishu does not object to Ethiopia securing commercial access through Somali ports, provided it is agreed with Somalia.
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it → tell → Somalia
Egypt and Sudan, which have long disputed Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile, warned against what they called “unilateral measures” that harm downstream states.
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that → dispute → states
The joint declaration was issued as fighting escalated in Ethiopia between federal forces and a seven-group armed alliance, including the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which fought a brutal two-year war with the government that ended with a fragile peace deal in 2022.
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that → issue → 2022
Government and allied forces retook the city of Mekelle on Sunday after the TPLF said it “temporarily moved out of” Tigray’s regional capital to “operate from somewhere else”.
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it → ally → capital
According to Ethiopian state media reports, former Tigray interim leader Abraham Belay said on Sunday that the federal government is preparing a new temporary administration for the region and hopes to hold regional elections within months.
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government → accord → months
Ethiopian officials have accused neighbouring Eritrea of directly backing the rebel alliance in Ethiopia’s civil war.
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officials → accuse → war
Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said in a post on X on Sunday that Addis Ababa was trying to create a pretext for attacking Eritrea.
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Ababa → say → Eritrea
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