At Least 28 Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes Across Sudan, Health Workers Report

Kathmandu. At least 28 civilians were killed in drone attacks in Sudan, AFP reported on Thursday, citing health workers.

Drone attacks have increased daily amid the prolonged war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), resulting in the deaths of dozens of innocent civilians at once.

AFP, citing a health worker at a local clinic, stated that 22 people, including an infant, were killed and 17 others injured in an attack on the market in the city of Saraf Omra in North Darfur state.

Hamid Suleiman, a market vendor in Saraf Omra and remote Darfur region, said that the drone struck a parked oil tanker, setting fire to the tanker and parts of the market.

Another drone attack, about 800 kilometers east of the RSF stronghold in Darfur, reportedly set fire to a truck moving on the road in North Kordofan, an area controlled by the army. Among the six bodies brought to the hospital, three were burned, and ten people were injured.

AFP stated that medical sources at the local hospital in El-Rahad blamed the RSF for the attack. The long-running war in Sudan has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced nearly 11 million people.