Air strikes hit Sudanese capital, killing 17 persons including 5 children

Subject : International Relations

Section: Places in news

Concept :

The Khartoum health ministry confirmed a report by local volunteers on Saturday that 17 people including five children were killed in the Mayo area of southern Khartoum and 25 homes destroyed.

Places in news:

Omdurman is a major city in Sudan. It is the most populous city in the country, and thus also in the State of Khartoum.
Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the capital city of Khartoum. It is on the Nile river and acts as an important road hub, with the Nile boosting transportation even further.
Sharg En Nile is a district of Khartoum state, Sudan.
Geneina is a city in West Darfur, part of dar Masalit region, that joined British Sudan at the end of 1919 through the Gilani agreement signed between the Masalit Sultanate and the United Kingdom, according to which it became a territory.
It is now the capital of the Sudanese state of West Darfur.
Khartoum is the executive capital of Sudan, located just south of the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers.