Sudan Rights Groups Blame RSF Paramilitary for Drone Strikes that Hit Civilians

Sudan rights groups blame RSF paramilitary for drone strikes that hit civilians

Drone strikes blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 23 civilians and wounded 19 others in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, local monitoring groups have said, as the use of armed drones continues to spread across the country in its more than three-year war.

Sudan drone strike kills 16 amid scrutiny of UAE-RSF links

Khartoum: At least 16 people were killed in a drone attack in the Sudanese city of El Obeid on Thursday, June 11, according to medical officials cited by Sudan Tribune. Local sources blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the strike, which comes amid continuing scrutiny of alleged links between the paramilitary group and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Medical sources said the bodies of the victims were taken to El Obeid Teaching Hospital, wh…

RSF airtrikes kill 23 civilians as Sudan war escalates in Kordofan

Drone attacks blamed on the Rapid Support Forces ripped through Sudan’s North Kordofan capital for a second straight day, killing and injuring civilians in repeated strikes that hi...

Sudan: Dozens Killed in Drone Attacks Across Sudan As El Obeid Toll Reaches 23

El Obeid / Delling / Kadugli / Sudri Locality / Kh -- The Emergency Lawyers Group and local sources say drone attacks across Sudan killed at least 30 civilians and five soldiers this week, with the deadliest strikes hitting El Obeid in North Kordofan, where the civilian death toll has risen to 23.

Sudan: Drone strikes on El-Obeid kill 23 - Radio Tamazuj

Drone strikes on the strategic Sudanese city of El-Obeid killed 23 people and wounded at least 19 others, a rights group and witnesses said on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the city since war erupted in April 2023. The Emergency Lawyers group, which monitors abuses in Sudan’s conflict, said the strikes began on Wednesday evening and continued into Thursday, hitting residential neighbourhoods, a funeral gathering and a truck carryi…

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Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. Families are surviving on one meager meal a day, unsafe water, little to no medicine and in tents pieced together from scraps at the Karama displacement camps in Blue Nile State. Now, with the onset of the rainy season, thousands of families across the camps and the sprawling settlements that have emerged around them are facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis after months of fighting forced…