46 Killed, 10 Injured After Sudan Military Plane Crashes

Cairo: The death toll from the Sudanese military plane crash in the city of Omdurman increased to at least 46 people, officials said Wednesday.

The Khartoum Media Office said the crash also injured 10 others.

The military in a brief statement said an Antonov aircraft crashed on Tuesday while it was taking off from the Wadi Sayidna airbase, located north of Omdurman.

The military confirmed that both military personnel and civilians were killed in the crash, however, did not provide any specific details on the exact number of casualties or the cause of the accident.

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Meanwhile, the health ministry reported that at least 19 individuals were killed, with their bodies transported to the Nau Hospital in Omdurman.

Additionally, the hospital received five injured civilians, including two young siblings.

This comes as Sudan has been in a civil war since 2023, when tensions between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a notorious paramilitary group, erupted into full-scale conflict.

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The ongoing war has caused widespread devastation in urban areas and has been marked by atrocities such as mass rape and ethnically motivated killings, which have been classified as war crimes and crimes against humanity, particularly in Darfur, according to the United Nations and human rights groups.

In recent months, the military has made significant progress in its fight against the RSF in Khartoum and other areas. The RSF, which controls much of the western Darfur region, claimed responsibility for downing a military aircraft on Monday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province.