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Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends the inauguration of an initiative to support the families of victims killed and injured in the ongoing civil war, in Port Sudan on April 26, 2025. [AFP]
Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday.
A military source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the UAE plane "was bombed and completely destroyed" at Darfur's Nyala airport.
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