KHARTOUM, SUDAN – Sudanese security agents stormed the home of an Ethiopian Woyanne diplomat in Khartoum and detained some of the attendees, a newspaper reported today.
The daily Al-Hayat newspaper published in London quoting unidentified diplomatic sources said that the incident happened this week at the home of the Ethiopian Woyanne military attaché during a party he was holding.
Security officials justified their action as saying that some of the people in the party violated the laws because of liquor that was being served.
The diplomats said the incident is the latest of series of recent setbacks in Sudanese-Ethiopian relations. They further said that Khartoum is angry at Addis Ababa Woyanne for allegedly supplying arms to the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS).
Earlier this month it was reported that an Ethiopian Woyanne military plane arrived at Juba airport with weapons to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA).
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassadors of Ethiopia Woyanne and Kenya to protest the shipment. However the Ethiopian Woyanne government said the weapons were for a military show.
The Ethiopian Woyanne government is also reported to be dissatisfied with the close relations between Eritrea and Sudan. Moreover, some circles in Addis Ababa Woyanne accuse Khartoum of backing Ethiopian Woyanne Oromo rebels and Islamist militants in Somalia.
Last July Sudan’s army accused Ethiopian Woyanne troops of attacking a military camp inside their borders killing 19 soldiers.