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Sudan’s competing authorities are beholden to militia leaders, say analysts

Both the army-backed government and RSF-backed alliance are increasingly rewarding loyal armed groups on the ground.

Al Jazeera

South Sudan on edge as Sudan’s war threatens vital oil industry

Sudan’s army says it may be forced to shut down facilities used to export oil from South Sudan as a result of the war.

Al Jazeera

Drones, gold, and threats: Sudan’s war raises regional tensions

RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan have raised regional tensions and put a spotlight on the country’s booming gold economy.

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UAE denies supplying Sudan paramilitaries with Chinese arms

Abu Dhabi has long rejected accusations that it is arming the RSF in its war with Sudan’s military rulers.

Al Jazeera

Drone Strikes Spark Civilian Exodus From Army-controlled Sudan Aid Hub

Paramilitary drones struck army-held areas of eastern and southern Sudan for a fifth straight day Thursday, army sources said, prompting an exodus of civilians from Port Sudan, seat of the army-backed government.

International Business Times

RSF drone strikes pound Port Sudan, putting aid deliveries at risk

Drone attacks have battered Port Sudan since Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict. Until now, the city — which became the temporary capital following the destruction of Khartoum — had remained largely untouched. Port Sudan is now home to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people, many of…

Radio France Internationale

Sudan to cut ties with United Arab Emirates over alleged RSF support

UAE insists it does not provide arms to paramilitary group as Sudanese ambassador recalled

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Fires rage in Port Sudan after alleged paramilitary drone strike

Thick smoke billowed over Port Sudan on Tuesday after drone attacks struck the city for a second time in three days, Sudanese military officials said.

Euronews

Sudan paramilitaries launch second wave of drone attacks on Port Sudan, officials say

Military sources said the paramilitary RSF group struck the Red Sea city on Tuesday morning.

Euronews

Sudan’s paramilitary unleashes drones on key targets in Port Sudan, officials say

Sudanese military officials say paramilitary fighters unleashed drones on the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, hitting key targets there, including the airport, the port and a hotel

The Independent UK

Drones strike Port Sudan in dramatic escalation of civil war

Sudan’s paramilitary hit key targets including the airport, the port and a hotel

The Independent UK

Drones Hit Port Sudan Airport In Third Day Of Attacks

Drones struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan on Tuesday, officials said, the third straight day the Sudanese army-aligned government's seat of power has come under attack.

International Business Times

Total blackout after drone strikes, fire in Sudanese city of Port Sudan

Sudan’s army-aligned government cut diplomatic relations with the UAE over arming the RSF after the drone attacks.

Al Jazeera

Paramilitaries Launch First Attack On Port Sudan: Army

Sudanese paramilitaries on Sunday struck Port Sudan, the army said, in the first attack on the seat of the army-aligned government in the country's two-year war.

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Al Jazeera

Sudan’s RSF carries out drone attack near Port Sudan airport: Army

The army says an airbase, cargo warehouse and some civilian facilities were targeted in Port Sudan.

International Business Times

'We're Going Home': Joy In Port Sudan After Army Victories In Khartoum

Displaced Sudanese danced through the night in Port Sudan, celebrating a string of army advances in Khartoum and hoping they will soon return home.

Radio France Internationale

Sudanese women filmmakers defy war with stories of resilience

Far from the frontlines of Sudan's devastating war, a new generation of amateur women filmmakers is gathering in the formerly sleepy city of Port Sudan to explore the untold stories of their troubled country.

France 24

Hunger crisis in Sudan: Can full-scale famine be avoided?

Sudan is experiencing a starvation crisis of historic proportions, according to NGOs, which call the silence from the international community "deafening". It is estimated that more than half of the population of Sudan is affected, or nearly 26 million people. The hunger crisis comes amid the war in the country…

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Port Sudan faces water crisis after deadly dam collapse

Tens of thousands of homes in eastern Sudan have been destroyed after a dam burst due to weeks of heavy rain, wiping out at least 20 villages. The disaster has claimed at least 30 lives, with 200 people still missing.

France 24

At least 30 killed, dozens missing after Sudan dam collapse

A dam near Sudan’s Red Sea coast collapsed on Sunday and has claimed at least 30 lives, according to the United Nations. The surging waters devastated at least 20 villages. The dam, in a remote area 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Port Sudan, supplied drinking water to the Red…

Al Jazeera

More than 60 reported killed in northeast Sudan dam collapse

Local media have reported that the dam burst on Saturday night due to heavy seasonal rainfall in the northeast.

Al Jazeera

Are Sudan’s civil society activists being targeted by both warring sides?

Sudan’s warring parties are using food as a weapon and targeting local activists for feeding their communities.

Radio France Internationale

Six months into war, Sudanese seek refuge outside chaotic capital

Six months after tensions between rival Sudanese generals ignited a devastating war, thousands lie dead, millions are displaced, and the once-thriving capital, Khartoum, is a shadow of its past glory.

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Port Sudan fighting reflects tribal-army tensions

Some eastern tribes fear the Sudanese army’s dominant presence threatens their ownership of land.

France 24

Sudan’s Burhan heads to Egypt following refusal to ‘make deals’ with RSF

Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed to Egypt on Tuesday to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to a military statement. The visit comes a day after Burhan refused to make a deal with the head of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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