Sudan's military government has ordered two senior officials at the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country amid widespread famine sparked by a gruelling civil war that erupted in April 2023. The WFP said directors of its Sudan operation were declared "personae non grata" and told to go within 72 hours, without explanation.

The head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries vowed on Wednesday Sudan would be unified by "peace or through war" and expressed sympathy after reports of mass killings by his

Sudan's army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the strategic hub of El-Fasher, while the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of "atrocities" by the paramilitary group now in control of the city.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have captured the army headquarters in the city of El Fasher the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.

Burhan vowed retaliation, accusing the paramilitary of committing crimes not only in el-Fasher, but across the country.

A Sudanese paramilitary force has targeted the capital and main airport with drones. The attack came just a day after the first passenger flight in two years landed in the city.

The Sudanese army’s anti-aircraft and air defence systems on Friday intercepted drones that attempted to target Khartoum’s international airport for the fourth consecutive day, military sources said.