NEW YORK CITY, May 09 (Arab News): The UN secretary-general has voiced "grave concern" over repeated drone attacks on the eastern Sudanese city of Port Sudan, the country's main entry point for humanitarian aid.
The city faced a new drone strike on Thursday for the fifth consecutive day amid a fierce confrontation between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary.
The attacks have led to an exodus of civilians from the city, which hosts UN offices and aid agencies, and is the seat of power of the army-backed government.
Sudanese army officials have blamed the RSF for the strikes, which have targeted the city's port, largest operational fuel depot, central power station and airport, among other sites.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the attacks "threaten to increase humanitarian needs and further complicate aid operations in the country," his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said on Wednesday.
"The secretary-general is alarmed at the expansion of the conflict into an area that has served as a place of refuge for large numbers of people displaced from the capital, Khartoum, and other areas," he added.
Sudan's brutal two-year-long civil war has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 13 million.
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