Sudan's Shift to Drone Warfare Is Fuelling a Civilian Crisis

Sudan's Shift to Drone Warfare Is Fuelling a Civilian Crisis

By AI Jazeera StaffOctober 22, 2026As Sudan’s warring factions escalate deadly unmanned aerial strikes, hundreds of civilians are caught in the crossfire.In the Imtidad Nasser neighbourhood east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents are grappling with a terrifying new reality of skies filled with drones.“We heard the buzz of drones in the sky, but did not pay attention to it at first,” Ahmed Abdel Hamid, a resident of the area, told Al Jazeera …

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Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. From Khartoum and Nyala, to a gold mine in South Kordofan, a town in West Kordofan and a power station in White Nile, drones tore through Sudan this week, killing hundreds and destroying homes, livelihoods and critical infrastructure. Both sides traded blame, and each pointed to neighbors it said let the drones through. Some strikes went unclaimed, but silence from the military […] The post Khartou…