Sudan’s Abdel-Fattah Burhan survives a drone strike

Shafaq News/ Sudan’s military said its top commander, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony that killed five people in the country’s east.

The military stated that the attack by two drones took place in Gebeit, a town in eastern Sudan, after the ceremony had concluded.

“Military chief Burhan, who was attending, was not hurt,” according to Lt. Col. Hassan Ibrahim from the military spokesman’s office.

Sudan has been torn by war for more than a year between the military and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces. With fighting in the capital, Khartoum, the military and government leadership largely operate out of eastern Sudan near the Red Sea coast.