Ethiopia hosted a secret camp training thousands of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters from neighboring Sudan between January and the reporting window on February 10, 2026, from 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM UTC, drawing in regional powers amid Sudan's civil war, according to Reuters reporting cited by Liam Karr on X during this 59-minute period. The camp represents Ethiopia's support for the RSF in the Sudan conflict, with UAE involvement in a Red Sea base for RSF and Saudi Arabia negotiating arms transfers for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), as detailed in Liam Karr's X thread. Ethiopia prepares for potential conflict with SAF-allied Eritrea and Tigray forces, while Egypt aligns with Eritrea and SAF against Ethiopia, per the same source. In Ethiopia's Amhara region, Fano fighters besieged Debre Tabor, the zonal capital of South Gondar, following the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) withdrawal from most rural areas, positioning Fano to potentially capture a zonal capital for the first time, as reported by NotWoofers on X within the reporting window. These developments occur amid ongoing regional tensions in the Horn of Africa, separate from earlier Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam's arrival in Mogadishu for national discussions, as previously reported.
