People clear the debris from the complex of a mosque that was hit by a drone strike in the El-Droshab area of Khartoum North, on August 12, 2026. [AFP]
Drones targeted the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday as paramilitary forces launched ground attacks on central Sudan and the southeastern Ethiopian border, an AFP correspondent and sources from the rival sides reported.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by war between the Sudanese military, led by its chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Burhan's former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
Drones and anti-aircraft missiles were seen over Khartoum on Thursday for the second day in a row, as army and paramilitary sources reported RSF attacks across the country.
Southwest of Khartoum, the paramilitary launched a counteroffensive on the highway connecting the capital with the southern Kordofan region's largest city, El-Obeid.
An army source reported "an attack with a large number of vehicles on the town of Jabret al-Sheikh, which was preceded by drone strikes".
An RSF source confirmed a battle was ongoing there as well as the town of Bara further south, which both sides have struggled to hold as they wrestle for control over El-Obeid's northern axis.
Both sources requested anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media.