RSF step up drone attacks

DRONE strikes hit Port Sudan for a sixth straight day on Friday, an army source said, blaming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army since April 2023.

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"Our air defences intercepted some of the enemy drones which were targeting sites in the city," the source said.

Attacks targeted the country's main naval base outside Port Sudan, seat of the army-backed government, as well as fuel depots in the southern city of Kosti, two sources said.

"The militia launched another drone attack on the Flamingo Naval Base north of Port Sudan," one source said, referring to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023.

An army source said air defences had shot down 15 drones over the city overnight. A drone strike also hit Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, killing two young girls, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said.

The attack was the first this week on the capital, where the RSF remains stationed west and south of Omdurman.

Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast had been a safe haven, hosting hundreds of thousands of displaced people and UN offices, until Sunday when drone strikes blamed on the RSF began.

The port city is the main entry point for humanitarian aid into Sudan, and UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that the attacks "threaten to increase humanitarian needs and further complicate aid operations in the country"