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Drone strikes rock Port Sudan in third day of attacks

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during a civil service conference in Port Sudan, on April 29, 2025. [AFP]

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.

The strikes come a day after the country's main fuel depot was hit, causing a massive blaze just south of the eastern city which had until Sunday been considered a safe-haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing a two-year war.

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