Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country's civil war. The announcement comes after the RSF were blamed for three days of attacks on the usually safe city of Port Sudan.

Top UN court says it does not have authority to rule on case accusing UAE of arming Rapid Support Forces paramilitary.

Drone strikes have hit a fuel depot and a hotel in Port Sudan, bringing the violence to a city that had so far been spared in the civil war.

The strikes are the first on the de-facto capital along the Red Sea. About a quarter of a million refugees have fled to the state where Port Sudan resides since the civil war erupted two years ago.