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Ethiopia Expels Six Sudanese Diplomats as Horn of Africa Tensions Rise
Ethiopia ordered six staff of Sudan's consulate in the border town of Assosa to leave within 48 hours, days after Sudan complained to the U.N. Security Council.
Ethiopia ordered six staff members of the Sudanese consulate in the border town of Assosa to leave within 48 hours, a senior Ethiopian official said on Wednesday, November 4.
Sudan accuses Ethiopia of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Ethiopia accuses Sudan of backing rebels in its northern Tigray region. Both sides deny the other's allegation.
On Sunday, Sudan said it had lodged a complaint against Ethiopia with the U.N. Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council, accusing Ethiopia of allowing the RSF to use its territory to launch suicide drones against civilian infrastructure.
Ethiopia has accused Sudan, Egypt and Eritrea of supporting Tigrayan rebels who launched an offensive in September; all three deny it.
Sudan's civil war, which erupted in April 2023, has displaced more than 14 million people, according to U.N. figures cited by Reuters.
Reporting: Reuters
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