L'ambassade de France au Soudan est la représentation diplomatique de la République française auprès de la république du Soudan. Elle est située à Khartoum, la capitale du pays, et son ambassadrice est, depuis 2021, Raja Rabia.
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The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Sudan is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Sudan.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Khartoum. The post of Russian ambassador to Sudan is currently held by Andrey Chernovol, incumbent since 10 March 2023.
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From 15 April 2023 to 25 March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces occupied the Khartoum International Airport, Sudan's most important airport, during the War in Sudan as part of the Battle of Khartoum.
The RSF forces managed to capture the airport in the early hours of the attacks on Khartoum, the airport itself was the place of the first official attack of the entire conflict. The attack also killed two people.
The occupation of the airport caused the destruction of between 10 and 20 civilian aircraft from several countries. Attacks on it continued across the occupation, destroying the airport.
On 25 March 2025, RSF forces retreated from the airport after SAF forces came closer to Jabal Awliya, which was a last RSF's point of connection with Khartoum.
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Khartoum International Airport is an international airport serving Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The airport was shut down from 15 April 2023 to 25 March 2025 at the Battle of Khartoum during the Sudanese civil war.
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The University of Medical Sciences and Technology is a private university in Khartoum, Sudan. The mission of UMST is to serve the educational needs of Sudanese, African and Arab students. It is located in the Riyad district of Khartoum. It first opened in 1995 with a student body of only forty students and two faculties. In 2017 it had become home to 5,000-6,000 students and costs US$15,000 for the school of medicine in 2018. The university has 14 faculties. In 2014 the university stated that 60% of its students were foreign.
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Khartoum 2 is an affluent neighbourhood located in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan. It is bounded to the east by Africa Street leading to Khartoum International Airport, to the west by Khartoum 3 and to the south by Al-Amarat neighbourhood, on the side of Street and to the north by Khartoum in general.
During the initial phase of the 2023 Sudan conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces, the RSF was heavily involved in intense battles within Khartoum neighbourhoods such as Al Amarat and Khartoum 2. These areas are in proximity to the city's international airport and are also home to numerous embassies and affluent residents. Additionally, the RSF established checkpoints in upscale districts like al-Riyadh. At these checkpoints, they strategically positioned antiaircraft weaponry in front of residences to target the military aircraft that were flying overhead.
Incidents of theft have also been documented within sections of the city proper. On a specific day, individuals living in the Khartoum 2 vicinity informed the BBC that members of the RSF militia had been systematically visiting homes in the neighbourhood, requesting provisions of water and nourishment. On 19 April, a huge fire broke out in the Khartoum 2 area after an attack at a weapons store.