PortSudan,Sudan: Sudanese volunteer rescuers said Wednesday that seven people were killed and 11 others wounded by paramilitary shelling at a famine

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A plane carrying 21 passengers and crew in South Sudan's Unity State has crashed killing 18, United Nations' Radio Miraya reported on Wednesday.

Sudanese army troops and allied militiamen were rapidly advancing in the capital on Wednesday, engaging the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in street combat in residential areas once home to hundreds of thousands of citizens before the war broke out 21 months ago.

At least 18 people died after an aircraft carrying 21 people crashed in South Sudan on Wednesday, a radio run by the UN said. The plane carrying 21 people, including crew members, crashed while departing from South Sudan's Unity Oil Field, killing 18 people and leaving three others in "critical condition," Radio Miraya reported.

A plane crashed while leaving the Unity Oil Field en route to Juba, a radio station affiliated with the UN said. Those killed include the pilot and co-pilot.

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“To make life easier for women, surviving the war requires collective work and strength in solidarity,” said Huyam*, a mutual aid volunteer from southeastern Sennar state, where the army now controls key areas after an advance last year by the RSF.

Most of the million people crossing the border are South Sudanese nationals who had previously fled from civil war in the world's newest country, UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a statement.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Clementine Nkweta-Salami has expressed concern over reports of recent attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah State. In a statement issued on Wednesday,

Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, which paramilitaries had encircled since the war erupted in April 2023."Our forces are in their best condition,

Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the building which had been encircled by paramilitary fighters since the war erupted in April 2023.

A plane carrying 21 passengers and crew in South Sudan's Unity State crashed on Wednesday, killing 18 people, United Nations' Radio Miraya reported.