🇸🇩 UAE-backed RSF fighters are using Ethiopian Airlines flights to travel to Sudan’s Blue Nile State, likely transiting through N’Djamena and Asosa Airport, according to open-source analyst Rich Tedd, who posted footage showing fighters aboard a commercial flight.
Investigations and diplomatic intelligence show that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ethiopia are working together in Sudan by backing the genocidal paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This collaboration operates through covert military logistics, although both nations officially deny direct involvement in the war.
Investigations by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab revealed a secret military facility built in western Ethiopia (near the Benishangul-Gumuz region) explicitly used to train thousands of RSF fighters. The facility's construction and logistical supply lines, reports showed, were funded by the UAE.
Satellite analysis tracked military shipments moving from a former Emirati base through Ethiopian army bases (such as Aosa), directly supplying technical vehicles and armored personnel carriers to the RSF for offensives in Sudan's Blue Nile state.
In May 2026, Sudan's government formally accused both nations of direct aggression after multiple drone strikes on Khartoum International Airport were traced back to launch sites in Ethiopia using UAE-supplied drones.
RSF fighters are continuing to use Ethiopian Airlines flights to travel to and from Sudan’s Blue Nile State 🇸🇩, likely transiting from N'Djamena 🇹🇩 to Asosa Airport 🇪🇹. This footage shows several RSF fighters on a
@flyethiopian flight before later being seen in Blue Nile State.