[quote=@Vilageidiotx]

To clarify, the Ethiopian contingent went to the Suez to confront Spain, not to deal with the Egyptian Warlords (who were not doing anything in Sudan). Egypt collapsed a couple of months ago in RP time along with the rest of the Ottoman Empire, so there was a contingent of Egyptians belonging to one of the post-collapse governments present at the Suez when the Ethiopians arrived. Those Egyptians saw what was going on as an invasion of their land, and got caught between the Spanish and Ethiopian forces as the battle commenced. 
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Oh, whoops.