State of panic growing in Sudan's wartime capital amid drone strikes

Dark clouds of smoke have been rising over Sudan's wartime capital Port Sudan for two consecutive days.

A state of panic is building in the administrative centre that is home to tens of thousands of people seeking safety during two years of war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This is the second RSF attack to target critical infrastructure in Port Sudan over 24 hours and is suspected to be another drone strike in a series of hits on army-held territory across the country.

On Sunday morning, Port Sudan airport was damaged by suicide drones that targeted a weapons depot in the military airbase in the vicinity of the airport.

Flights were temporarily suspended to the only international airport left in the country.

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These intensified drone strikes mark a serious escalation in a war that has created the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.

Sky News analysis has found that RSF drone attacks have increased since the army recaptured the capital city Khartoum in late March.

On 25 April, an RSF drone dropped two bombs on a displacement shelter in sanctuary city Atbara and killed at least 12 civilians, including children.

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