Sudan: Ethiopia provides military support to People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-al-Hilu) rebels led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu in Blue Nile state
The Ethiopian government has recently supplied weapons and ammunition to a Sudanese rebel group to attack a border town in the Blue Nile State, said the official news agency SUNA on Sunday.
The attacks by the Ethiopian army-backed militiamen on the border area and the counter-attacks by the Sudanese forces undermined the good entente between the two countries when Addis Abbas in December 2020 claimed the ownership of al-Fashaga which lies within Sudan’s international boundaries.
“The Ethiopian government provided logistical support to Joseph Tuka’s forces in the Blue Nile State, including weapons, ammunition and combat equipment,” said SUNA.
The military support arrived in the Yabous area in southern Blue Nile state near the border with South Sudan on February 27, 2021, and was received by Commander Joseph Tuka and some of his commanders, further said the agency.