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Explosions were heard in the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport amid uncertainty over its reopening.<\/em><\/p>\n The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have targeted Sudan\u2019s capital Khartoum and its main airport with drones for a fourth consecutive day, as the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attempts to resume air traffic after regaining control of the city several months ago.<\/p>\n Drones and surface-to-air missiles were heard above the capital in the early hours of Friday morning, residents living close to the Khartoum International Airport told Al Jazeera, before loud explosions went off.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/p>\n It is unclear whether the capital\u2019s main airport was successfully hit and the extent of the damage.<\/p>\n The attack marks the fourth consecutive day of attacks that began on Tuesday, a day before the airport was scheduled to become operational after at least two years of war.<\/p>\n A single plane operated by the local Badr Airlines landed on Wednesday, before an airport official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the airport\u2019s reopening has been postponed \u201cunder further notice\u201d because of incoming attacks.<\/p>\n Al Jazeera\u2019s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum, said that \u201cdespite authorities saying that operations are scheduled to start on October 26, there are concerns that this will not happen\u201d.<\/p>\n The war, which started in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced about 12 million more and left 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, making it the world\u2019s largest humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n The Sudanese military retook the capital from the paramilitary force in March. Since then, residents have been tentatively returning to their homes, often to find them destroyed.<\/p>\n Alfatih Bashir\u2019s house in Omdurman, which he built using all his savings, has collapsed ceilings and damaged walls. \u201cI built it when I was working abroad,\u201d Bashir told Al Jazeera, adding that now he did not posses the necessary funds to repair the damage.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not working, I\u2019m just sitting idly with my wife and two children. We sometimes barely have enough to eat. How can I even start to rebuild?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Authorities are still assessing how many houses have been damaged in the conflict, but the scars of the battle between the military and the RSF are visible across the capital.<\/p>\n Another resident, Afaf Khamed, said she fainted when she saw the extent of the damage.<\/p>\n \u201cThis house is where we were born, where all our family members got married. I now live here with my sister, and we can\u2019t rebuild because we don\u2019t have anyone to help us,\u201d she told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n The collapse of the local currency makes reconstruction an impossible feat even for those who have retained a job during the war. While salaries have remained stable, the Sudanese pound spiked from 600 pounds to the US dollar in April 2023, when the conflict started, to 3,500 pounds.<\/p>\n Goods are also hard to come by in the war-torn country, hampering reconstruction. Shop owner Mohammed Ali said materials take too long to arrive because of security checks, and that makes them more expensive. As a consequence, \u201cfewer and fewer people are coming to buy building materials\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n Sudan\u2019s government has pledged to rebuild the capital, but its focus as so far has been on state institutions, while residents are left to figure out how to rebuild on their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Explosions were heard in the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport amid uncertainty over its reopening. 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