Ethiopian independent press, Ethiopia-Sudan border framing

Addis Standard reported the SAF's 13th Infantry Brigade (4th Infantry Division) seized the Al-Bar area in Geissan district on June 24, near the Ethiopia-Sudan border, capturing fighters, weapons, and equipment from an SPLM-N (Joseph Touka faction) stronghold. Frames the offensive as a dual-threat move: against RSF-SPLM-N coalition and as signalling toward Addis Ababa, which has its own tensions with Khartoum over the GERD dam.

“SAF's 13th Brigade seized Al-Bar in Geissan near the Ethiopia border, capturing a major SPLM-N stronghold and signalling toward Addis Ababa.”