Assosa town Admin
Assosa · Benishangul-Gumuz
- Status today
- Unknown
- Last verified
- 30 Sep 2026
- Names
- Assosa town Admin (English)
Asosa - Area
- 15 km²
- P-code
- ET060309
Control history
No reviewed control history yet.
Events in this woreda (9)
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
Footage shows FK-2000 short-range air defence systems on Ethiopian National Defence Forces trailers being transported across Ethiopia, reportedly towards Asosa in Benishangul-Gumuz, with the monitor noting that if confirmed they could be destined for Sudan's RSF.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
A UAE government-linked Il-76TD cargo aircraft was observed at Asosa Airport in Benishangul-Gumuz near the Sudanese border, following the pattern of flights from Al Ain or Al Reef Airbase via Bole International Airport that the monitor assesses as a likely airbridge of military supplies and drones into Sudan.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
Satellite imagery from 5 September showed the recent military buildup at the Ethiopian National Defense Force site in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz, drawing down, with a newly installed 70 m warehouse no longer visible; the monitor assessed that technicals and military supplies had been moved towards Sudan's Blue Nile to support the Rapid Support Forces.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
Satellite imagery shows a new military buildup at the ENDF base in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz, with additional objects likely consistent with technical vehicles and containers at two sites and a new roughly 70-metre structure, which the monitor links possibly to the RSF.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
Satellite imagery from 18 August shows an Il-76TD cargo aircraft at Asosa Airport in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region near the Sudanese border, which the monitor assesses is likely one of Batot Air's Il-76s that left the UAE for Africa the previous week.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
Satellite imagery tracked a growing concentration of technicals, pickups and containers at an ENDF barracks site in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz, from early June, peaking on 27 July, days before the RSF launched its offensive in Sudan's Blue Nile State.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
A Vise Air Il-76TD cargo aircraft with possible RSF links flew from Benghazi via Addis Ababa to Asosa Airport on 19 July before returning to the UAE, which the monitor describes as the first of two confirmed trips of this kind to Asosa.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
The monitor reports that most of the technical vehicles and containers amassed at the ENDF base in Asosa arrive via Berbera, Somaliland, along a route active since late 2025, with footage showing a convoy on the Berbera-Hargeisa road in July 2026.
Attack on civilians · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
UCDP records an attack on civilians between Government of Ethiopia and Civilians in Asosa zone.