Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Video. Fires rage in Port Sudan after alleged paramilitary drone strike

Updated:

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.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a fresh drone strike on Port Sudan, hitting fuel tanks and disrupting flights, according to the officials.

The assault follows a similar strike on Sunday that hit a military base and a civilian warehouse, igniting a fire that lasted two days.

Footage showed smoke rising from the southern port area, where Information Minister Khalid Aleiser blamed the United Arab Emirates for supplying arms to the RSF — an allegation the Gulf nation strongly denied.

Once a refuge from war, Port Sudan now finds itself a target in a deepening conflict.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT