Sudanese paramilitary drone strikes kill at least 15 people in central region, officials say
- On Thursday, Rapid Support Forces drone strikes killed at least 15 people in El-Obeid, Sudan, overnight, according to health officials. The attacks targeted residential areas in the strategic city.
- El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, has been partially encircled by the RSF for months, making it a key battleground. The region's oil fields and gold mines fuel fierce competition between military and paramilitary forces.
- The Emergency Lawyers group reported strikes hit a funeral gathering at a cemetery, killing four people, and destroyed a food supply truck at the city's southern entrance. Further attacks struck homes near the Fifth Infantry Division headquarters and in the Al-Matar neighborhood.
- Experts warn drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan's conflict. More than 30 million people across the country currently require urgent humanitarian assistance amid intensifying attacks.
- Drone warfare has become an increasingly prominent feature of Sudan's four-year conflict. The United Nations reported at least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes across the country between January and April this year.
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Drone strikes on key Sudan city kill 23: rights group
KHARTOUM (AFP): Drone strikes on the strategic Sudanese city of El-Obeid killed 23 people, a rights group said on Thursday, in one of the deadliest aerial assaults since the war began. Drone warfare has become an increasingly prominent feature of Sudan’s conflict, which erupted in April 2023 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Emergency Lawyers group, which has been documenting war abuses, said the attack on the…
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