US EditionSudan Civil War: Children Among 13 Killed After Drone Hits Home in El-Obeid City, Medics Say
The Rapid Support Forces allegedly targeted a residential area in el-Obeid, killing 13 civilians including 8 children, amid ongoing civil conflict and strategic clashes.
- On Monday, a drone strike hit a house in el-Obeid, killing at least 13 people, eight of them children, medics say the Rapid Support Forces carried out the attack though no group claimed responsibility.
- Because el-Obeid links the capital and Darfur, analysts view it as strategically important; rival militaries have battled since April 2023, splitting Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces militia and the army.
- The family of victims, most from the same family, and the attack follows RSF operations including a power plant hit and an alleged dam drone attack, medics say.
- UN Spokesperson St�phane Dujarric warned the attack occurred amid escalating violence that puts civilians at "extreme risk" and called again for cessation of hostilities and swift humanitarian access.
- Some 2,000 people were uprooted from North Kordofan on Monday, adding to approximately 65,000 displaced across the Kordofan region from late October to December.
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The escalation of the armed conflict between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is causing a new humanitarian tragedy
At least ten people, including seven children, have been killed in a drone attack in Sudan, AFP reports. The incident occurred on Monday in the southern city of El-Obeid, when a building was attacked in the city's central areas. The bloody civil war between Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary RSF broke out in April 2023. Tens of thousands of people have ...
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The Star KenyaChildren killed after drone hits home in Sudan, medics say
At least 13 people were killed – eight of them children – after a drone strike on a house in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid, says the Sudan Doctors’ Network. Most of the dead were part of the same family, the medical group added. Although no group has claimed responsibility, the medics say the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out the attack in an area controlled by the army, and which it has been trying to penetrate for months. As …
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