Sudan has accused Ethiopia of allowing drones to be launched from its territory to carry out attacks against Sudanese targets in February and March. This marks the first time Sudan has directly accused its neighbor of involvement in the three-year civil war.
The announcement was made in a statement by the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as reported by Reuters.
The Ministry described the alleged drone strikes as a "flagrant violation of Sudan's sovereignty and a blatant act of aggression against the Sudanese state."
"The Government of Sudan warns the Ethiopian authorities of the consequences of these hostile actions and reaffirms its right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, including the right to respond to such attacks by all available means," the statement read.
The Foreign Ministry's statement is the latest evidence that regional powers from Africa and beyond are being drawn into one of the world's bloodiest conflicts between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
While the statement did not specify the exact locations of the alleged strikes, witnesses have reported small-scale skirmishes and drone attacks in recent weeks in the southeastern Blue Nile State, which borders Ethiopia.
Portions of the Blue Nile region are controlled by the SPLM-N rebel group, which aligned itself with the RSF last year.
The Sudanese army remains locked in a brutal conflict with the paramilitary RSF, a war that threatens to fracture the country and has already displaced millions of people from their homes.