At least 46 people have been killed and 10 others injured after a Sudanese military plane crashed in a residential neighbourhood in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, state media says.

In 2003, a civilian Sudan Airways plane crashed into a hillside while trying to make an emergency landing, killing 116 people, including eight foreigners. Only a boy survived the crash.

Large parts of Khartoum have been destroyed in street battles as a conflict between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has left tens of thousands dead and prompted at ...