US EditionEye on Africa - Drone Attack Hits Khartoum Airport Area Ahead of Reopening
- On the eve of the planned reopening, drone attacks struck Khartoum including near Khartoum International Airport one day before domestic flights resume on Wednesday, October 22.
- Amid the wider army‑RSF conflict, the Sudanese army reclaimed Khartoum earlier this year but large parts remain ruined and drone-linked blackouts persist.
- Witnesses said early on Tuesday that they heard drones over central and southern Khartoum between 4am and 6am, saw three drones near the airport, and reported blasts in northern Omdurman.
- No group claimed the strikes and authorities released no casualty details, while security sources and a military official said some drones were intercepted, exposing fragile security despite army-aligned government claims.
- The strikes were the third in seven days, and the United Nations reports over 20,000 fatalities and 14 million displaced people amid the conflict.
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The airport's air defence intercepted several drones, although multiple potential impacts were perceived, according to the Sudanese news portal Sudan Tribune.
The Straits Times
WTVBRe-opening of Khartoum airport delayed after drone strikes
The planned reopening of Sudan's main airport in Khartoum after a two-and-a-half year shutdown was delayed on Wednesday after drone attacks in the morning and on Tuesday, an airline source told Reuters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
On the eve of its planned reopening by the Sudanese authorities for domestic flights, a drone attack struck the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport early in the morning of Tuesday, 21 October. The site has been closed since the outbreak of the conflict between General al-Burhan's Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries led by General Hemedti.
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayDrone strikes hit Sudan’s Khartoum airport area ahead of domestic flights reopening
KHARTOUM, Oct 22 — A drone attack struck an area near an international airport in Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, witnesses said, one day before the army-backed government was due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years.The airport has been shut since fighting erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leaving vital infrastructure across the capital heavil…
Eye on Africa - Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening
In tonight's edition, Khartoum’s International airport's vicinity suffers a drone strike just one day before domestic flights were set to resume. Also, the crisis at the phosphate processing plant in the Tunisian city of Gabes deepens as workers walk off the job. And hundreds of Ivorians flee to Ghana, fearing potential unrest just days ahead of a critical election.
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