Drone strikes near Khartoum upend hopes of reopening airport
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#70YJC)
Today, the airport in Khartoum was scheduled to reopen for the first time since the start of the country's civil war two years ago. But a series of drone strikes near the airport put the kibosh on those plans. While the city has been back in the hands of the Sudanese military since March, the breakaway Rapid Support Forces are pressing the besieged city of El Fasher in the western region of Darfur. Kholood Khair is the head of Confluence Advisory, a think tank founded in Sudan. She speaks with host Marco Werman from Nairobi, Kenya.