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Bangladesh says at least six peacekeepers killed in Sudan UN base attack
The drone strike killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded eight at a UN logistics base amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, with the UN calling for accountability.
- 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 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.
·Dortmund, Germany
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the "atrocious" attack and spoke of a possible war crime. Attacks on peacekeepers are "unjustifiable".
·Frankfurt, Germany
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There are deaths in a drone attack on a UN logistics base in Sudan. UN Secretary-General Guterres condemns the crime.
·Berlin, Germany
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Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed on Saturday in a drone attack in a town in southern Sudan besieged by the paramilitary.
·Montreal, Canada
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