Drone Strikes Hit Port Sudan for Third Straight Day

Drone attacks struck Port Sudan’s airport and key infrastructure on Tuesday, knocking out power and intensifying concerns over the safety of the government’s stronghold in eastern Sudan. It marked the third day in a row the seat of the army-aligned …

Aid deliveries at risk as drones pound Port Sudan

The attacks, which began on Sunday, open a new front in the conflict, targeting the army's main stronghold in eastern Sudan after it drove the RSF back westwards across much of central Sudan, including Khartoum, in March.

Sudanese paramilitary RSF targets Port Sudan's airport, seaport with explosive-laden drones

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) early Tuesday carried out a drone attack targeting the seaport and airport in the city of Port Sudan, eastern Sudan. According to an Anadolu correspondent, fires broke out at Port Sudan city's …

Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025

Port Sudan hit by drone attack

SUDAN’S biggest port has been struck by drones as violence in the country continues to escalate. Port Sudan is the de facto capital of the country’s military-led government, which has been fighting paramilitaries Rapid Support Force in a conflict that …

Drone strikes pound Port Sudan, putting aid deliveries at risk

(Reuters) -Explosions and fires rocked Sudan's main port city and wartime capital Port Sudan on Tuesday, a witness said, part of a days-long drone assault that has torched the country's biggest fuel depot, damaging the most important gateway for …

Barrage of drone strikes by paramilitary RSF rocks Port Sudan

Sudan’s paramilitary forces launched a drone assault on the Red Sea city of Port Sudan early Tuesday, striking critical sites including the airport, the main port and a hotel, according to military officials. The barrage was the second such attack this …

Drones strike Port Sudan in dramatic escalation of civil war

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RSF drone strike hits Port Sudan in third day of attacks

Drones launched on Tuesday by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have struck sites in Port Sudan, including the airport and the port, marking the third attack on the city in as many days. The city has been the de facto capital since the RSF …

South Sudan HIV patients face deadly future after USAID cuts

When US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order cutting funding to programmes that supported people living with HIV in South Sudan in March, Margaret Jakudu feared the worst.  An HIV-positive volunteer who works with orphans affected by the …