December 18 - 2020 EL FASHAGA / EL GEDAREF
Map, updated on December 9, to show the movement of refugees from Ethiopia s Tigray region into Sudan s Kassala, El Gedaref, Sennar, and Blue Nile states (USAID/UNHCR)
The number of wounded in the attack by Ethiopian armed and militia forces on members of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fashaga, El Gedaref, on Tuesday has risen to 27.
Sources from El Fashaga told Radio Dabanga yesterday that Ethiopian militiamen from neighbouring Amarah region (called
shifta in the region)
and Ethiopian army troops seized army vehicles and captured at least seven Sudanese soldiers during the attack on Tuesday.
December 17 - 2020 EL FASHAGA
Shifta gunmen in Ethiopian border regions (file photo)
Four members of the Sudanese army were killed on Tuesday evening in an ambush by Ethiopian forces near Jebel Abu Tuyour in El Gedaref’s El Fashaga, close to the border with Ethiopia. Fighting also broke out in El Gureisha earlier this week.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) reported that an army force was ambushed on Sudanese territory by Ethiopian army and militia forces on its return from a patrol in the area adjacent to Jebel Abu Tuyour on Tuesday.
Four army members, including an officer, were killed while 12 others were wounded. The lost equipment has not been identified so far.