Port Sudan has been the target of the Army's drone attacks that quickly support the troops since Sunday.
The explosion in Sudan’s port was blasted, a key lifeline and AIDS entry point for Sudan, and the attack on the city continued for the fourth day as the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) confronted the country’s two-year civil war.
The attack has been blamed on the RSF by Sudanese troops and residents.
An Army source told AFP on anonymous condition that the explosion was a "air defense missile" caused by a drone attack.
The Port of Sudan, along the Red Sea coast, has been a safe haven city, a temporary seat for the Sudanese military alliance government since the beginning of the war, and has been fighting the RSF since 2023.
The attacks on the Port of Sudan have increased fears of a desperate need for assistance in one of the world's most terrible humanitarian crises, and famine has been declared in some areas.
Almost all aid to Sudan flows through the Port of Sudan, and the United Nations on Tuesday called for “the lifeline of humanitarian action” to warn of “more human suffering in the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis.”
The attack in Port Sudan began with a drone strike on Sunday blamed the RSF. A military official said the latest attack came after targeting targets at airports, ports and hotels on Tuesday. The paramilitary group has not commented on the attacks in Port Sudan.
Sudan's Information Minister Khalid Aleiser visited the southern part of the port on Tuesday and slammed the United Arab Emirates, accused of arming the RSF. "We will continue our legal battle," he said.
Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim announced that the government is disconnecting diplomatic ties with the UAE, including withdrawing the ambassador and closing its embassies in the Gulf countries.
"The world has witnessed more than two years of crimes of aggression against Sudan's sovereignty, territorial integrity and civil security of the UAE, through its local agents, the terrorist RSF militia operations." The UAE has long rejected its claims of support for the RSF and condemned the attack.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing the UAE of violating the UN Genocide Convention by arming and funding rebel paramilitary rapid support forces in Sudan’s deadly civil war.
The top UN court said it was “apparently lacking” the power to continue litigation and bring cases.