Sudan: African Union Condemns Deadly Drone Strikes in Sudan, Abyei
- On Friday, UN High Commissioner Volker Türk condemned an escalation in Sudan's drone strikes, which killed at least 306 people in the first three weeks of October alone.
- Strikes attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have targeted homes, markets, and hospitals across Kordofan, Darfur, and Blue Nile, including displacement sites where civilians sought shelter.
- Casualties include at least 139 people killed in a "double tap" strike in Dibab on October 18, while earlier attacks in Abu Shendi killed at least 31 and incidents in Ghubeish and Nuhud claimed at least 25 lives.
- Following an October 19 attack on Amiet Market and Todach, UN Interim Security Force for Abyei peacekeepers visited affected communities, with Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Farooq reporting that "every shop was burning."
- Türk urged both parties to commit to a ceasefire and respect international humanitarian law, demanding an end to the transfer of arms used in manifest disregard of obligations protecting civilians.
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Within three weeks, the United Nations Human Rights Office documented at least 306 deaths and hundreds of injuries as a result of drone strikes.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemns the escalation of drone attacks in the Sudan during the current October, warning of their grave consequences for civilians in the states of Kordofan, Darfur, Blue Nile, Khartoum and other areas, and calling for an end to the flow of weapons fuelling the conflict.
UN rights chief condemns rising drone attacks
GENEVA, Switzerland: The UN said on Friday it had documented more than 300 deaths from drone attacks in Sudan this month as it condemned the deadly escalation. It called for the international community to bear down on the influx of drones into Sudan’s civil war, particularly those causing civilian harm. “The increasing use of drones, already accounting for the majority of conflict-related civilian deaths in Sudan this year, is deeply disturbing …
It called on the international community to combat the influx of drones into this civil war.
In the first 3 weeks of October, the rights office documented at least 306 deaths, hundreds of injuries, Turk says
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