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Rockets hit Khartoum, air force base attacked

Khartoum conflict

A picture taken from Omdurman shows smoke billowing in the distance in Khartoum North amid ongoing fighting in war-torn Sudan, on July 18, 2023. Khartoum North has become a shell of its former self -- a ghost town with no water or electricity, most of its residents escaped south to Wad Madani, or north to Egypt

Photo credit: AFP

Wad Madani, 

Rockets pummelled the Sudanese capital Thursday, witnesses said, as paramilitaries attacked a key air force base north of the capital claiming to have killed and wounded "dozens" of soldiers.