A plane crashed southwest of South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday, killing all 14 people on board, the country’s civil aviation authority said. The aircraft, a Cessna 208 Caravan operated by CityLink Aviation, lost communication while flying from Yei to Juba International Airport, the aviation authority said in a statement. There were 13 passengers and a pilot onboard, including two Kenyan nationals and 12 South Sudanese nationals. Preliminary reports suggested the aircraft may have crashed in bad weather, particularly low visibility, the statement said. 20 died in January 2025 in a plane crash in Sudan In 2021, five people were killed when a cargo plane carrying fuel for the World Food Programme (WFP) crashed. In 2015, the crash of a Soviet-era Antonov aircraft in Juba killed 36 people. And in 2017, a plane that veered off a runway struck a fire truck before bursting into flames, but all 37 people on board miraculously escaped unharmed. Conflict in Sudan and ongoing violence Since 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war triggered by escalating tensions between the military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict has caused widespread devastation across urban areas and been marked by severe human rights violations, including mass rape and ethnically driven killings, particularly in the western Darfur region, as noted by the United Nations and international human rights organisations. The conflict has only intensified in recent months, with the military making significant advances against the RSF in Khartoum and other parts of the country. Meanwhile, the RSF, which controls much of western region of Darfur, claimed responsibility for downing a military aircraft on Monday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province.
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