Drone attacks kill civilians across Sudan

A series of drone attacks across Sudan killed civilians in West Kordofan, Khartoum and West Darfur over the weekend and on Monday, including about 80 people near a market in Al-Dibab, according to residents and medical sources. The deadliest reported strike hit a transport hub near the market in Al-Dibab on Sunday evening, where villagers had gathered for rides home after market day. A resident who helped bury victims said at least 50 bodies were recovered at the scene. A medical source said 47 wounded people were taken to nearby Al-Mujlad and 30 later died, bringing the reported toll to about 80. The RSF-aligned Tasis administration and the rights group Emergency Lawyers accused Sudan’s army of carrying out the Al-Dibab attack. The military had not commented in the reports. West Kordofan is controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, which has been fighting Sudan’s military since April 2023. A separate drone strike on a house in Khartoum’s Nasser Extension neighborhood on Monday killed three children and one man, a medical source said. Emergency Lawyers blamed the Rapid Support Forces for that attack; the group had not commented. The neighborhood is east of Khartoum airport. A...