Ethiopia Says It Downed Arms-Laden Plane Crossing From Sudan
- Alleged incident comes as truce ends in Ethiopia’s civil war
- Sudan military denies country has any connection to incident
A police officer looks at a destroyed military truck in Kemise, Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia’s air force shot down a plane carrying weapons that crossed the border from Sudan, a senior security official said, ratcheting up tensions between the neighbors just as Ethiopia’s civil war resumes.
Relations between the Horn of Africa’s two most-populous nations deteriorated in late June, with their forces exchanging fire at the disputed territory of al-Fashqa after Sudanese soldiers were reported killed. Ethiopia and Sudan are also at odds over Ethiopia’s unilateral plans to fill and operate a giant dam it has built on a tributary of the Nile River.