{"id":277377,"date":"2019-05-29T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiZWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFmcmljYW5ld3MuY29tLzIwMTkvMDUvMjkvc3VkYW4tcy00OC1ob3VyLW5hdGlvbmFsLXN0cmlrZS1mbGlnaHRzLWRpc3J1cHRlZC1vZmZpY2VzLXNodXQv0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:28:01","slug":"sudans-junta-chief-sought-support-in-ethiopia-as-a-national-strike-rolled-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277377","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s junta chief sought support in Ethiopia as a national strike rolled on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Africanews reported that Sudan\u2019s nationwide strike continued while the head of the military council traveled to Ethiopia seeking regional support during the post-Bashir transition.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-466359\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Women-and-Children-Severely-Affected-Amid-Ongoing-Humanitarian-Crises.jpeg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sudan\u2019s junta chief sought support in Ethiopia as a national strike rolled on\" \/>\n<p>Protesters wanted civilian rule; the junta wanted recognition and help managing a collapsing economy and street pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Addis Ababa\u2019s role as meeting ground mattered because Abiy Ahmed was already casting Ethiopia as a Horn mediator after peace with Eritrea.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as Horn geopolitics archive, the strike-and-visit wire dates Sudan\u2019s crisis as it spilled into Ethiopian diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2019\/05\/29\/sudan-s-48-hour-national-strike-rolls-on-as-junta-head-seeks-support-in-ethiopia\/\">Africanews<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan national strike rolls on: Junta head in Ethiopia seeking support&nbsp;&nbsp;Africanews EnglishToday marks the final day of a two-day national strike called by protest leaders in Sudan. They are pushing for a handover of power from the military ju&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":466359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Women-and-Children-Severely-Affected-Amid-Ongoing-Humanitarian-Crises.jpeg?fit=1200%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a9P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277377"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754960,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277377\/revisions\/754960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}