Sudan says it downed drone from Ethiopia, files complaint with UN
Sudan filed a complaint against Ethiopia with the United Nations and the African Union over the alleged use of its territory by the RSF to launch drone attacks inside Sudan.
Sudan’s army said Tuesday it intercepted a drone that entered the country from neighboring Ethiopia, the latest in a series of accusations by Khartoum linking deadly drone attacks to Addis Ababa.
What happened: The Sudanese Armed Forces, which have been engaged in a deadly conflict with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for more than three years, said in a statement Tuesday that their air defenses shot down a “hostile” drone that crossed the border from Ethiopia in the Blue Nile region in southeast Sudan.
The army did not identify the party behind the drone attack or the intended target. Ethiopian authorities have not yet commented on the statement.
The SAF has claimed in recent weeks to have downed several drones launched from Ethiopia near the border, where fighting between the military and the RSF has intensified in recent days.
