Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who has led the army in a war against paramilitaries for over a year, on Tuesday hosted Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed. Ahmed’s visit to the Red Sea coastal town of Port Sudan – currently the seat of the army-aligned government – is the highest-level state visit since the war began between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023. “It is a testament to the depth of relations” between the two countries, Sudan’s ruling Transitional Sovereignty Council said in a statement. In a closed-door meeting, Burhan briefed Ahmed o…