Drone Strikes Kill Nearly 900 Sudan Civilians This Year, UN Says
The UN said drones caused 880 civilian deaths in four months and warned that attacks on markets and clinics are spreading across the country.
- On Monday, May 11, 2026, the United Nations human rights office reported drone strikes killed at least 880 civilians between January and April, accounting for 80% of all conflict-related deaths.
- Both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have used drones extensively, with a May 8 strike on Al Quoz and near El-Obeid killing 26 civilians and injuring others.
- Repeated attacks have targeted markets at least 28 times and health facilities at least 12 times during the four-month period, compounding suffering amid diminishing access to food and water.
- Human Rights Chief Volker Turk warned that the conflict is "on the cusp of entering yet another new, even deadlier phase," calling the situation an "abandoned crisis."
- Expanding hostilities in the coming weeks risk "lethal consequences for civilians across enormous areas," Turk warned, as parties seek to consolidate territory amid shifting conflict dynamics.
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High Commissioner Volker Türk urged the international community to halt the shipment of advanced weapons in order to prevent a further humanitarian catastrophe.
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Almost 900 civilians died in drone attacks in Sudan between January and April of this year, reported this Monday, May 11, the UN, which warned that this type of operation drags the Sudanese conflict into a still more lethal phase. More than three years of civil war in Sudan caused tens of thousands of deaths, more than 11 million displaced and left several regions on the brink of famine. The operations with drones of the Sudanese Army and the pa…
Drone attacks in Sudan have killed at least 880 civilians this year
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