Sudan on Monday said it would recall its ambassador to Addis Ababa, accusing the Ethiopian army of "executing" seven of its soldiers and a civilian taken prisoner and vowing to retaliate for the "cowardly act". "In an act that contravenes all conventions of war and international law, the Ethiopian army executed seven Sudanese soldiers and a citizen," the Sudanese army accused on Sunday night. The men had been "abducted on 22 June in Sudanese territory and taken to Ethiopia", the Sudanese Foreign Ministry accused on Monday. The army warned that "this perfidious act will not pass" and Sudanese diplomat said it would "immediately recall its ambassador to Ethiopia and summon the Ethiopian ambassador to Khartoum to convey Sudan's condemnation of this inhuman act. According to a Sudanese military official, the soldiers were captured in a border area near Al-Fashaga, an area of fertile land in the eastern Sudanese state of Gedaref that is the subject of a border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News June 28, 2022 02:03 UTC