By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Sudan’s army on Tuesday used anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down drones targeting its headquarters in the city of Shendi, witnesses and army sources said, the latest in a series of such drone attacks.
According to army sources, none of the drones hit their target, a claim not independently verified by our source.
The head of Sudan’s army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived on Monday in Shendi, which is some 180 klm north of the capital Khartoum, army media reported earlier.
It was not immediately clear whether he remains in the area when the attack was launched.
Sudan’s army is battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of the vast north African country.
Tuesday’s drone attack is the third targeting areas that remain solidly under army control.
The city of Atbara, also in River Nile state, and al-Gedaref state to the east have also come under drone attack.
Both the army and the RSF have used drones in the conflict, which erupted April last year.
The RSF, which controls much of Khartoum and western regions of the country, has not claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.
Shendi residents said the attacks have created panic in the town.
The war between the army and RSF has sparked warnings of famine, displaced millions, killed thousands in the crossfire and given way to ethnic killings by the RSF and allied militias.
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