US EditionBangladesh says at least six peacekeepers killed in Sudan UN base attack
The drone strike killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight at a UN logistics base amid Sudan's ongoing civil war and tensions in the Abyei disputed region.
- On 13 Dec 2025, at least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in an attack on a United Nations base in Abyei, a month after the United Nations Security Council renewed the UNISFA mandate.
- Ethnic and tribal tensions between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya intersect with Sudan's April 2023 civil war, fuelling recurring clashes in Abyei, disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan under the 2005 peace deal.
- U.N. officials said Antonio Guterres reported a drone strike hit a U.N. facility in Kadugli, while Sudanese military blamed the Rapid Support Forces for the attack.
- The army reported the area remains unstable with ongoing clashes and authorities providing medical treatment and rescue operations, while U.N. leadership called for accountability, warning attacks may constitute war crimes.
- UNISFA, first deployed in 2011, comprises about 4,000 police and soldiers protecting civilians, while Bangladesh, a major U.N. troop contributor, faces increased strain in Abyei.
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Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack on a UN base in Sudan. UN Secretary-General Guterres called it a possible war crime.
Six Bangladeshi "blue helmets" were killed on Saturday, 13 December, in a drone attack in the Sudan, said the UN peacekeeping force in the region. UN headquarters, in the centre of Kadougli city, were reportedly directly targeted. This southern Kordofan city is currently besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries. The regular army attributed the attack to the latter, who denied it.
Six Blue Helmet soldiers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan. According to UN peacekeeping force Unifsa, six more soldiers were injured, four of them severely.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the "atrocious" attack and spoke of a possible war crime. Attacks on peacekeepers are "unjustifiable".
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