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The head of the Umma Party, Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, reiterated the warnings of the late Imam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi regarding the dangers of engaging in a direct confrontation with Ethiopia, pointing out that the geopolitical balance awards Addis Ababa a clear defensive advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post on the (X) platform, Al-Fadilexplained that Ethiopia\u2019s eastern border with Sudan consists of mountain ranges that provide a natural defense, whilst being faced with Sudan’s open plains that encompass vital infrastructure such as the Roseires Dam, Khashm el-Girba Dam, as well as Al-Jazeera and Rahad Irrigation Schemes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al-Fadil quoted a phrase Imam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi used to reiterate: \u201cEthiopia is facing us with its back\u2026 and we are facing it with our belly,\u201d indicating the vulnerability of the Sudanese position in the event of a confrontation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The head of the Umma Party, Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, reiterated the warnings of the late Imam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi regarding the dangers of engaging in a direct confrontation with Ethiopia, pointing out that the geopolitical balance awards Addis Ababa a clear defensive advantage.  In a post on the (X) platform, Al-Fadilexplained that Ethiopia\u2019s eastern border with Sudan consists of mountain …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":162957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAl Mahdi Warns Against Engaging in Confrontations with Ethiopia  - Assayha Newspaper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/assayha.net\/en\/162958\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Al Mahdi Warns Against Engaging in Confrontations with Ethiopia \" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The head of the Umma Party, Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, reiterated the warnings of the late Imam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi regarding the dangers of engaging in a direct confrontation with Ethiopia, pointing out that the geopolitical balance awards Addis Ababa a clear defensive advantage.  In a post on the (X) platform, Al-Fadilexplained that Ethiopia\u2019s eastern border with Sudan consists of mountain …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/assayha.net\/en\/162958\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Assayha Newspaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AssayhaNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-06T16:15:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assayha.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_7123.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"m\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Assayha_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Assayha_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"m\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/162958\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/162958\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"m\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e33262294a95f7d7c22cf6ad684f7294\"},\"headline\":\"Al Mahdi Warns Against Engaging in Confrontations with Ethiopia \",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-06T16:15:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/162958\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/162958\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/img_7123.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/162958\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assayha.net\\\/en\\\/162958\\\/\",\"name\":\"Al Mahdi Warns Against Engaging in Confrontations with Ethiopia  - 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