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MapSudan Lodges UN And AU Complaint Against Ethiopia Over RSF Drone Attacks
“Sudan has lodged a complaint against Ethiopia with both the United Nations Security Council”
“He said the more serious issue ‘is the use of Ethiopian bases and territory as launching points for drone attacks on Sudan,”
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Sudan filed complaints with UN Security Council and AU over RSF drone launches from Ethiopia. More than 180 drones attacked Sudan this year launched from inside Ethiopian territory.
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Sudan takes drone dispute to UN
Sudan lodged a complaint against Ethiopia with both the United Nations Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council after a series of deadly drone attacks this year. Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of using Ethiopian territory to launch “brazen aggression” against “civilian sites and power stations” in Sudan, resulting in hundreds of casualties and disruptions to essential services. Sudan’s army-led Transitional Sovereignty Council alleged 70 assaults from February 15 to October 27 involving 187 one-way attack drones, and it said the attacks killed or wounded 484 civilians and killed 176 Sudanese soldiers, with another 200 soldiers wounded.
Sudan’s complaint also pointed to specific alleged launch sites in Ethiopia, including Asosa Airport in western Ethiopia, the Kurmuk-Gizen border area, and Bahir Dar airbase in northwestern Ethiopia’s Amhara region. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesman said the secretary-general was “appalled” by the impact of drone strikes in Sudan and “strongly condemns the escalating drone attacks in Sudan” by the parties to the conflict.
Khartoum cites power-station strikes
Khartoum said the attacks originate from inside Ethiopian territory and target civilian sites, individuals, and power stations in several Sudanese states, causing civilian casualties and disruption of essential services. Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it attached documents and records “that confirm the use of the RSF militia of Ethiopian territory to launch suicide drones equipped with missiles, targeting civilian sites and power stations”. The Sudanese government said the RSF used unmanned aerial vehicles to target 13 electricity stations in eight states under army control in recent days, preceded by reciprocal shelling that affected numerous villages and markets in more than one state.
The Sudanese government said Monday morning’s attack targeted the electricity stations of Halfa El Jadida and Aruma in Kassala State, causing power outages in parts of the state. Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Muawiya Osman Khalid told a press conference that “Sudan reserves its right to protection and to notify the international community to take steps to stop this aggression,” while he described Ethiopian behavior as extremely dangerous for continuing, behind it the UAE, its assaults on the Sudanese people with drones.
Ethiopia denies, UN condemns
Sudan’s complaint came alongside a broader dispute in which Ethiopia accused the Sudanese military of backing rebels linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a charge Khartoum denied. The Sudanese government said the use of Ethiopian territory to target Sudanese lands constitutes an act of aggression that places Ethiopia before international law and holds it accountable for violating the United Nations Charter. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said it attached all documents and records proving the use of the Rapid Support Forces rebel militia of Ethiopian territory to launch suicide drones equipped with missiles targeting civilian landmarks and vital facilities.
The Sudanese government also urged Addis Ababa to “cease these hostile acts” and called on the international community to fulfill its role in holding the “terrorist militia” accountable and applying international law to the Ethiopian government. The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson said the strikes constitute violations of international humanitarian law, and the spokesman said drones killed hundreds of civilians, including women and children, across Sudan and also in Abyei.