Sudan has complained to the UN Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council, accusing Ethiopia of allowing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to launch drone attacks from its territory. Sudan's army-aligned foreign ministry announced the complaints late on Sunday 1 November 2026, describing the alleged use of Ethiopian territory as a hostile act.

The ministry said the attacks targeted civilian sites and power stations, causing casualties and disrupting essential services. The complaints followed drone attacks on 13 electricity stations in Khartoum, Al-Jazira, Sennar and Al-Qadarif since the previous Monday. Khartoum said the alleged use of Ethiopian territory placed Ethiopia in violation of the UN Charter and called on Addis Ababa to halt what it called hostile actions.

The casualty claims behind the complaint

A report from Sudan's army-led Transitional Sovereignty Council, issued alongside the complaints, alleged 70 attacks between 15 February and 27 October involving 187 one-way attack drones. The report said those attacks killed or wounded 484 civilians and killed 176 Sudanese soldiers, with another 200 soldiers wounded. It named launch sites at Asosa Airport in western Ethiopia, the Kurmuk-Gizen border area and Bahir Dar airbase in the Amhara region. These are Khartoum's claims, and they have not been independently verified.

Ethiopia denies aiding the RSF and has in turn accused the Sudanese army of backing rebels linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, an allegation Khartoum rejects. A UN spokesman said on Saturday he was appalled by the impact of drone strikes in Sudan and condemned their escalating toll on civilians. Sudan's army and the RSF have fought since April 2023, killing tens of thousands and displacing nearly 13 million, according to UN estimates.

Sources: Sudan foreign ministry statement via News Central TV; Europe Says; UN Secretary-General's spokesman.