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Sudan files complaints against Ethiopia with UN over deadly drone spree

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Sudan has filed complaints against Ethiopia with both the United Nations Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council over a series of drone attacks this year. Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of launching 70 assaults using 187 one-way attack drones since February, resulting in 484 civilian casualties and 176 military fatalities. The ministry claims that these attacks originate from Ethiopian territory and are a violation of international law.
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On November 2, 2026, Sudan filed complaints against Ethiopia with both the United Nations Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council over a series of deadly drone attacks that occurred earlier in the year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group 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 claims these actions place Ethiopia before international law. Since April 2023, Sudan's military has been battling the RSF in a civil war, with accusations from both sides of supporting opposing rebel groups.

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📰 Sudan Files Complaints Against Ethiopia
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“The articles describe two different events: one about a RSF senior commander defecting and accusing leadership of nepotism, and another about Sudan filing complaints against Ethiopia for drone attacks.”
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Ethiopia Ethiopian RSF Sudan Sudanese

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Sudan GPE · 9× Ethiopia GPE · 7× Ethiopian NORP · 3× RSF ORG · 3× Sudanese NORP · 3× 4Tigray ORG · 2× Peace and Security Council ORG · 1× the African Union’s GPE · 1× the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ORG · 1× the United Nations Security Council ORG · 1×

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In a statement late on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group 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.
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Sudan has 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. asserted
Sudan → lodge → attacks
In a statement late on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group 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. asserted
Ministry → accuse → services
list 1 of 4RSF senior commander defects, accusing Sudan group’s leadership of nepotism asserted
list → defect → nepotism
- list 2 of 4Drone attacks across Sudan escalate, 160 people reported killed - list 3 of 4Tigray resumes daily life amid fears of wider war - list 4 of 4Tigray rebels urged to disarm as commander vows to fight Ethiopia’s gov’t asserted
commander → escalate → gov’t
The string of incidents “places Ethiopia before international law”, the ministry added. asserted
ministry → place → law
Sudan’s military has repeatedly accused Ethiopia of aiding the RSF, which it has been fighting in a civil war since April 2023. asserted
it → accuse → April
Ethiopia, meanwhile, has accused the Sudanese military of backing rebels linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a charge Khartoum denied. asserted
Khartoum → accuse → Front
The ministry’s statement came alongside a report from Sudan’s army-led Transitional Sovereignty Council that alleged 70 assaults from February 15 to October 27 involving 187 one-way attack drones. asserted
that → come → drones
The attacks killed or wounded 484 civilians and killed 176 Sudanese soldiers, the report said, with another 200 soldiers wounded. asserted
soldiers → kill → soldiers
“Since February 2026, armed drones have taken off from Ethiopian soil … to strike Sudanese cities and civilians,” the report said. asserted
report → take → cities
The report identified launch sites at Asosa Airport in western Ethiopia, the Kurmuk-Gizen border area and Bahir Dar airbase in northwestern Ethiopia’s Amhara region. asserted
report → identify → region
Last month saw 28 attacks carried out by 97 drones, the report said. asserted
report → see → drones
It cited an October 9 attack on displaced families in Wad el-Mahi, located in Sudan’s Blue Nile region near the Ethiopian border, which it said killed 30 civilians – 26 women and four children – and wounded 100. asserted
it → cite → 100
A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that he was “appalled” by the impact of drone strikes in Sudan, days after another strike on a market in RSF-controlled territory in Darfur killed more than 100 people. asserted
strike → say → people
The secretary-general “strongly condemns the escalating drone attacks in Sudan by the parties to the conflict and the catastrophic toll these attacks are inflicting on civilians”, the spokesman said, adding that the strikes constitute violations of international humanitarian law. asserted
strikes → condemn → law
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