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Ethiopian Militias Attack Sudanese Border Area

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Ethiopian Militias Attack Sudanese Border Area

Ethiopian army-backed militias have launched an attack on a Sudanese military camp on the border with Ethiopia, sources said on Sunday.

According to Al-Arabiya channel, the Sudanese army repelled the attack carried out with armored vehicles and launchers at the Anfal camp in the eastern Qalabat locality.

A number of Sudanese soldiers were wounded, the channel reported, while no official party issued any statement to deny the attack.

A similar operation took place in May, when Ethiopian militias attacked a Sudanese army site in a border area, killing an officer.

In the eastern city of al-Qadarif, “Ethiopian militia penetrated through (the border) and attacked agricultural projects and clashed with military forces in Barkat Noreen camp,” Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported back then.

Captain Karam El-Din was killed in the attack and some soldiers and civilians were injured.

A Sudanese statement confirmed the death of a child and the injury of nine people, including six soldiers.

The statement highlighted the Ethiopian militias’ repeated attacks on Sudanese lands and resources.

Sunday’s attack is the third by Ethiopian forces against Sudanese targets on the border this year.

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Hemedti Admits Forces Withdrew from Sudan Capital

A picture shows burnt vehicles in a southern neighbourhood of Khartoum on March 29, 2025, after the military recaptured the capital. (Photo by AFP)
A picture shows burnt vehicles in a southern neighbourhood of Khartoum on March 29, 2025, after the military recaptured the capital. (Photo by AFP)
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Hemedti Admits Forces Withdrew from Sudan Capital

A picture shows burnt vehicles in a southern neighbourhood of Khartoum on March 29, 2025, after the military recaptured the capital. (Photo by AFP)
A picture shows burnt vehicles in a southern neighbourhood of Khartoum on March 29, 2025, after the military recaptured the capital. (Photo by AFP)

The head of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital but pledged the RSF would return stronger to Khartoum.

"I confirm to you that we have indeed left Khartoum, but... we will return with even stronger determination," Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said in the speech, three days after the group said there would be "no retreat.”

It was Dagalo's first comment since the RSF were pushed back from most parts of Khartoum by the Sudanese army during a devastating war that has lasted two years.

Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, conceded in an audio message on Telegram that his forces left the capital last week as the army consolidated its gains.

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ruled out any reconciliation with the RSF in a video statement on Saturday in which he vowed to crush the group.

"We will neither forgive, nor compromise, nor negotiate," he said, reaffirming the military's commitment to restoring national unity and stability.

Earlier on Saturday, the army said it had taken control of a major market in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, which had previously been used by the RSF to launch attacks during a devastating two-year-old war.

Burhan also said fighters who "repent to the truth" could still be amnestied if they lay down their arms, particularly those who are in rebel-held areas.