Battles War crimes Humanitarian crisis Other On July 30, 2024, the de facto ruler of Sudan and concurrent chairman of its Transitional Sovereignty Council and head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was targeted in an assassination attempt using drones at a military graduation ceremony in Jubayt, Red Sea State in eastern Sudan.

[1] On April 15, 2023, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched attacks against al-Burhan's government, triggering a civil war.

[3][4] al-Burhan was attending a ceremony at a military base in Jubayt, Red Sea State.

[9] The assassination attempt was carried out a day after the Sudanese foreign ministry announced that it would participate in talks with the RSF in Switzerland in August.

The RSF claimed that they are open to negotiations with the junta but not with Islamists being part of the civil service.