Smoke rises during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan on April 20, 2023. [Stringer – Anadolu Agency]
The report also documents damaSudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council’s Advisory Authority has published an evidentiary report entitled Launched from Ethiopia, presenting forensic, geospatial and documentary evidence accusing Ethiopia of direct involvement in the drone war against Sudan.
According to the report, armed drone operations targeting Sudanese territory are launched from inside Ethiopia, specifically from Bahir Dar airbase, the Asosa area and the border sector around Kurmuk and Geissan.
The report is based on data extracted from flight control systems recovered from drones shot down by Sudanese air defences, as well as drone wreckage, satellite images and incident records.
Among the key pieces of evidence presented is a flight control unit recovered from a long-range attack drone shot down in the Damazin area on 20 September 2026. The unit’s memory revealed a pre-programmed 12-point mission starting at coordinates 10.7220° north and 34.7662° east, near Geissan. Sudanese analysis places the starting point inside Ethiopian territory, 1.7 kilometres from the border.
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The report also documents wreckage from Bayraktar Akinci drones launched from Bahir Dar airbase, including serial numbers on components that could help trace their supply chain.
It records 70 attacks launched from Ethiopia between 15 February and 27 October 2026. These included 187 one-way attack drones and 82 munitions fired by strategic aircraft. October alone accounted for 28 incidents and 97 of the recorded one-way attack drones.
According to official figures compiled in the report, the attacks killed 484 civilians and 176 Sudanese soldiers, while injuring another 200 soldiers.
Among the most serious incidents was an attack on 9 October in the Wad Al-Mahi area of Blue Nile State, which killed 30 civilians, including 26 women and four children, and injured around 100 people. On 19 October, three young children were killed inside their home in Khartoum.
ge to hospitals, schools, residential buildings and fuel facilities, as well as the shutdown of six power stations on 26 and 27 October.
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