Sudan has lodged complaints against Ethiopia with the UN Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, accusing its neighbour of letting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launch drone attacks from Ethiopian territory.
In a statement late on Sunday, Sudan’s foreign ministry said the RSF had used Ethiopian soil for “brazen aggression” against “civilian sites and power stations,” and that the attacks place “Ethiopia before international law.”
A report from Sudan’s army-led Transitional Sovereignty Council alleged 70 attacks between February 15 and October 27 involving 187 one-way attack drones, killing or wounding 484 civilians and killing 176 soldiers. It named launch sites at Asosa airport, the Kurmuk-Gizen border area and Bahir Dar airbase, Al Jazeera reported.
The report cited an October 9 strike on displaced families in Wad el-Mahi, in Blue Nile state, that it said killed 30 civilians.
Sudan’s military has repeatedly accused Ethiopia of aiding the RSF, while Ethiopia has accused the Sudanese army of backing rebels linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday he was “appalled” by the toll of drone strikes in Sudan.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency
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