SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Ethiopian ambush on Sudanese army death toll reaches 27

18/12/2020: Radio Dabanga - Ethiopian ambush on Sudanese army death toll reaches 27

 Radio Dabanga report that four members of the Sudanese army were killed in an ambush by Ethiopian armed forces while they were patrolling the area near Jebel Abu Tuyour in al-Gedaref’s al-Fashaga. 

Radio Dabanga sources said that Ethiopian militiamen from neighbouring Amarah region and Ethiopian army troops seized army vehicles and captured Sudanese soldiers.

The Sudanese government has requested Addis Ababa to “stop the violence at the border” and intends to file a complaint about the recent attacks in al-Gedaref at the eastern Africa Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).