General Samora Muhammad Yunis is the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces, has been awarded Sudan’s highest standard Military Victory Medal by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for ” his role of securing the Horn of Africa region.”
The Ethiopian State media have also reported that Samora will be receiving honorary doctorate from a Sudanese University in the coming days.
Editor’s Note: It is unclear what Sudan has aimed in giving this award to Samora but it indicates that Sudan has come to understand the center of power within the government. General Samora has been leading the Command Post, which has been in effect since October 2016. It is also widely known among the ruling cricle that Samora is the de facto Prime Minister leading the country currently.