If confirmed, Ethiopia's apparent support to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which comes as the Sudanese Armed Forces are increasingly leaning toward Egypt and Eritrea, would portend an intensifying RSF offensive in Sudan's Blue Nile state that could result in potentially severe clashes along the Ethiopian-Sudanese border and would likely prompt the SAF to lean closer to the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front in Ethiopia. On Feb. 10, Reuters published an investigation detailing the construction of a large logistics and training camp of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Ethiopia's western Benishangul-Gumuz region using satellite imagery and conversations with 15 different sources, including senior Ethiopian security officials. The news agency reported that the training camp is located approximately 32 kilometers (20 miles) from the border with Sudan's Blue Nile state, in the region's Menge district, adding that it had seen a diplomatic cable claiming the camp has a capacity ...

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2026 19:40 UTC