Six Sudanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack on a Sudanese army post close to the border with Ethiopia, according to Reuters, citing Sudanese military sources.

"Our forces tasked with securing the harvest in Al-Fashaqa… were attacked by groups of Ethiopian army forces and militias, who sought to intimidate farmers and spoil the harvest seasons," Sudan's military said in a statement on Saturday.

However, it left no official death toll in the statement.