Reports: Ethiopian forces have infiltrated Sudanese territory in the Greater al-Fashqa region.

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Written by: Ayman Ragab

Reports have emerged of Ethiopian forces penetrating Sudanese territory in the Um Brakit sector of the Greater Al-Fashqa region, in a new development that brings the border issue between the two countries back to the forefront.

According to the sources, this coincides with accusations against the Ethiopian authorities of providing facilities to the Rapid Support Forces militia within their territory, raising concerns about further complicating the security situation on Sudan’s eastern border.

Press sources reported on Saturday that the news circulating about the incursion of Ethiopian forces into Sudanese territory was “incorrect,” explaining that what happened was the fall of shells (drums) inside Sudanese borders as a result of clashes that broke out between the Tigray region forces and the Ethiopian federal forces in the “Sherere” border area.

The sources confirmed that the shelling was due to an exchange of fire between the two sides of the conflict inside Ethiopian territory, without any entry or incursion of Ethiopian forces into Sudanese territory.

Ethiopian incursion of 2 kilometers

In a related context, other local sources reported an Ethiopian incursion of 2 kilometers into Sudanese territory in the Um Brakit sector of the Greater Al-Fashqa region in Al-Qadarif State, in addition to the bombing of a camp for displaced persons near the border, the same camp that was bombed by Ethiopian drones on Friday, which resulted in the death of 3 Ethiopian civilians.

Some sources linked the alleged incursion to an Emirati request to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to intervene and support the militias following the defeats they suffered in Kordofan and Blue Nile, noting that Ethiopia had allocated camps and bases for the militias within its territory and allowed them to use strategic drones.

No official Sudanese or Ethiopian body has yet issued a statement or comment regarding these conflicting reports.