Sudan army chief evacuated after strike

PORT SUDAN — Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, was evacuated after a drone attacked a military base he was visiting in the country's east on Wednesday, casting doubt on recent efforts to bring an end to a 15-month conflict.

The army said five people were killed in a drone attack on a ceremony at the Gibet base, about 100 kilometers from Port Sudan, where the army-aligned government has fled since fighting gripped the capital Khartoum.

Conflict broke out in April last year between SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, killing tens of thousands and triggering a major humanitarian crisis.