– Latest assaults occur as Khartoum airport prepares to resume domestic flights on Wednesday after over 30 months of closure due to ongoing conflict between Sudanese army and rebel group
– 6 workers injured in RSF attacks in Blue Nile state, southern Sudan, reports local media
NAIROBI
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted Sudan’s Khartoum airport on the second straight day ahead of its reopening on Wednesday, local media reported.
Sudan News outlet reported that the Khartoum International Airport was hit by suicide drones a day after a similar attack by the rebel group.
Flames and smoke were reported rising inside the airport following the drone attack, according to Sudan’s Rakoba News.
The latest assaults occurred as Khartoum International Airport prepares to resume domestic flights on Wednesday after more than 30 months of closure due to the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the rebel group.
There was no immediate comment from the Sudanese authorities regarding the attack or any damage sustained.
In the south, the paramilitary group targeted Sennar city and several other areas in the Blue Nile State.
A suicide drone on a power station in Sennar injured six technical staff members, Darfur 24 News said.
Three suicide drones targeted Sennar Dam, the city’s major dam on the Blue Nile. Two hit the decommissioned transformer station, while the third fell outside the reservoir without causing damage.
Another power transformer station was struck west of Roseires Dam in the same state, causing a complete power outage in the city and plunging it into total darkness, according to witnesses.
The RSF has yet to comment on media reports.
The army and RSF have been fighting a war since April 2023 that has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 14 million, according to the UN and local authorities.
