Khartoum accuses Ethiopia of hosting RSF drone base
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Baj News
Sudan’s foreign ministry says Ethiopia’s Assosa airport is being used as a launch base for Rapid Support Forces drones. Deputy Minister Muawiya Othman also accuses Ethiopia of facilitating arms supplies to the forces and the entry of foreign fighters into Sudan, according to Baj News.
Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses Ethiopia of using Assosa airport as a launch base for drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are at war with the Sudanese army. The ministry also says Addis Ababa is facilitating the supply of weapons to the RSF and the entry of foreign mercenaries into Sudan, according to Baj News.
Sudan’s undersecretary for foreign affairs, Muawiya Osman, said at a press conference on Saturday that RSF drone attacks had been launched from Ethiopia’s Assosa airport, according to Baj News. The accusation comes after Khartoum had already blamed Ethiopia for launching drones against its infrastructure and accused the country of 162 drone attacks, according to statements reported on 28 and 29 October.
Sudanese authorities have also accused 20 countries of arming the Rapid Support Forces, while drone attacks have targeted a power station and mining sites in Sudan, according to headlines previously published by Baj News. The RSF has been fighting the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since the war in Sudan began in April 2023.
