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Explosions rock Sudan’s capital Khartoum despite new humanitarian truce announcement
Khartoum, Sudan — A series of explosions were heard Friday morning near Khartoum, the Sudanese capital held by the army, just one day after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced their agreement to a three-month humanitarian truce.
Residents in Omdurman, a neighboring city, reported that the blasts occurred near a military base and a power station, causing temporary power outages. Other witnesses in Atbara, 300 kilometers north of Khartoum, said drones were seen in the sky, apparently targeted by anti-aircraft defenses.
“The anti-aircraft fire woke me around 2 a.m., followed by explosions near the Wadi Sayidna military base,” one Omdurman resident told AFP anonymously for security reasons. Another witness said he heard “a drone around 4 a.m., then an explosion near a power plant,” which plunged the area into darkness.
In Atbara, several residents described seeing “up to ten drones” over the city, as the army’s defense systems fired back. “I saw fires in the eastern part of the city,” one local said. No casualties have yet been reported, and neither the Sudanese army nor the RSF have commented on the incident.
The RSF, engaged in a brutal conflict with the army since April 2023, had accepted a truce proposal mediated by the so-called Quad group — composed of Saudi Arabia, the United States, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. The agreement was meant to pave the way for three months of calm to allow humanitarian access to millions of civilians trapped by the war.
Despite the announcement, the conflict appears far from over, with continued drone attacks and artillery fire reported in several regions, including Kordofan and the outskirts of Khartoum.