Twenty inmates were killed and 50 others injured in a drone strike targeting a central prison in El Obeid in western Sudan's North Kordofan State on Saturday, the Sudanese government said in a statement.

At least 19 inmates were killed and more than 45 others injured in a drone strike targetting a central prison in El Obeid in western Sudan's North Kordofan State on Saturday, according to a medical source and eyewitnesses.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces unleashed drones on the Red Sea city of Port Sudan early Tuesday, hitting key targets there, including the airport, the port and a hotel, military officials said.