Politics Sudan's ruler al-Burhan survives attack

Sudan's de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has survived a drone attack.

Two projectiles were aimed at a graduation ceremony of the military, air and naval schools in Dschubait, about 85 kilometers from the temporary seat of government in the coastal city of Port Sudan, according to the Sudanese army. Five people were killed and several injured. The army did not provide any information on Al-Burhan's presence or condition, but published pictures of the 64-year-old general in camouflage clothing and sunglasses congratulating graduates.

In a video circulated on social media, whose location features coincide with those of Jubaital, family members can be seen filming a celebratory march of young military graduates, while an approaching aircraft noise and an explosion can suddenly be heard.

Another video, which is said to come from the hospital in Jubaite, shows Al-Burhan in the same clothes as in the official footage, surrounded by a crowd of people who appear to be in good health.

A bloody conflict has been raging in Sudan for more than a year between ruler Al-Burhan and the army as well as the paramilitaries of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. According to the UN, the conflict has caused almost ten million people to flee the country in the Horn of Africa. The government and remaining diplomats have left the heavily embattled capital Khartoum and are working from Port Sudan, where the situation is comparatively stable.