Drone assaults on the Sudanese army’s Shendi headquarters are thwarted

According to witnesses and army sources, Sudan’s army shot down drones that were aimed at its headquarters in the city of Shendi on Tuesday using anti-aircraft missiles. This was the most recent in a string of drone attacks.

The army sources indicated that not a single drone struck its intended objective. Reuters was unable to independently confirm the information.

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the commander of Sudan’s army, arrived on Monday in Shendi, around 180 kilometers (112 miles) north of the country’s capital Khartoum, according to earlier reports from army media. It wasn’t immediately apparent if he was still there.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are fighting the Sudanese army for control of the country.

The third drone attack on Tuesday is aimed at regions that are still firmly under army control. Drone attacks have also been reported on the cities of Atbara in the state of River Nile and al-Gedaref to the east.

Drones have been employed in the fight, which started a year ago, by both the army and the RSF.

None of the attacks have been attributed to the RSF, which is in control of most of Khartoum and the western parts of the nation.

Locals in Shendi reported that the attacks had spread fear throughout the community.

Famine warnings have been raised by the conflict between the army and RSF, which has also resulted in millions of people being displaced, hundreds of people dying in the crossfire, and ethnic massacres by the RSF and its allies.

With many warnings of a humanitarian disaster, the war looks set to continue until the army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region, the city of al-Fashir.