Drone Strikes and Deadly Explosions Kill Scores of Civilians across Sudan

Drone strikes and explosions have killed scores of civilians and injured dozens across Sudan, as attacks on displacement shelters and residential neighbourhoods in Blue Nile and North Kordofan coincide with deadly mine blasts in West Kordofan and renewed armed violence in South Darfur. In Blue Nile, the regional government reported that 30 civilians were killed on Friday morning when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone attack on a displacement shelter in Abu Shandi, a village in Wad El Mahi locality. … In North Kordofan, an RSF drone attack on El Obeid on Friday morning injured six civilians, who were taken for treatment. … In West Kordofan, four displaced people were killed earlier this week when an unexploded landmine detonated in Babanusa, bringing the reported mine-related death toll in the city to about 35. … In a separate incident in South Darfur, 11 people were killed in armed clashes in Wad El Fursan on Thursday evening following a dispute between an RSF force and a motorcycle trader. Dabanga