Sudan air crash: Nine, including 4 soldiers killed in crash due to technical failure

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airport leading to the death of nine people, including four military personnel, the army said.  In a Facebook post, the Sundanese Army said, "A civilian Antonov plane today crashed in Port Sudan Airport as a result of a technical failure, leading to the death of 9 people including 4 military personnel. One child survived the crash."  Meanwhile, the fight broke out on April 15 as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) vied for power. Since then, more than 3 million people have been uprooted, including more than 700,000 who have fled to neighboring countries.

Some 1,136 people have been killed, according to the health ministry, though officials believe the number is higher. According to the local lawyers' union, it happened in the capital of the state of South Darfur, Nyala. Besides, there have been were reports of snipers targeting people in West Darfur, including its capital of el-Geneina, near Chad, and tens of thousands of residents fleeing across the border, a report by Al Jazeera has stated.

The Darfur Bar Association added that at least one man was killed by a sniper. “Thousands of people continue to flee from the region of West Darfur and try to make it to the border into neighbouring Chad. That’s in West Darfur where we’ve seen a high increase in violence with refugees who arrived in Chad, saying that they’ve been targeted by militias allied with the RSF based on their ethnicities," Al Jazeera reported citing Hiba Morgan.