A Sudanese official told Al Jazeera that Ethiopia has allowed the establishment of a large camp on its territory to train Rapid Support Forces troops and foreign mercenaries, providing military and logistical supply lines near the Sudanese border—a move that could ignite a new war front in eastern Sudan if Addis Ababa does not “reassess its position.”
The camp, located in Monqi and Al-Ahmar in Ondulo locality, Benishangul-Gumuz region near the Blue Nile, can host over 10,000 fighters. It is overseen by Ethiopian General Getachu Godina in coordination with foreign officers from countries believed to support the RSF, including mercenaries from South Sudan and Latin America, notably Colombia.
Sources indicated that weapons, vehicles, artillery, and jamming devices are already being transported via Assosa city into Sudan through border villages to Yabus, where the SPLM–North led by Joseph Tuka operates. Tuka recently received drones used to bomb Damazin and Kermak cities.
Logistical support reportedly reaches Ethiopia through the ports of Berbera in Somalia and Mombasa in Kenya before being moved to the camps. Khartoum views this support and Ethiopia’s previous ties with RSF leaders as a clear bias that could escalate regional confrontation.
Sudanese experts warn that this development represents a dangerous shift in regional interventions in Sudan, threatening the stability of the entire Horn of Africa unless countered by effective Sudanese, regional, and international measures.
