Eritrean embassy refuses to grant entry visa to Sudan’s Beja Congress official

Excerpt from report by Sudanese Media Centre website on 26 August

Aug 26, 2005 (Sanaa) — In a new political development, sharp differences have emerged between the Eritrean embassy in Sanaa and an official of the Beja Congress party.

A reliable source told the Sudanese Media Centre [SMC] that the Eritrean embassy in Sanaa has refused to grant entry visa to an official of the Beja Congress, Babikir Muhammad Ahmad kandubu [fourth element phonetic] to participate in a technical session organized by the UN in Eritrea. [Passage omitted]

The source said that the Beja Congress has decided to contact the Eritrean government and present an official complain against the Eritrean embassy in Sanaa through its official in Asmara.