Drone Strike on Nyala Market Leaves Civilian Toll Disputed

A drone strike hit a market in Nyala, South Darfur, on Monday evening, killing civilians and injuring scores of others, according to medical workers and aid groups. The number killed remains disputed, and responsibility has not been independently established. A medic at Nyala Hospital told Agence France-Presse that 21 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in the market strike. The medic could not identify how many of the casualties were fighters with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which controls Nyala. Doctors Without Borders, known as MSF, said its hospital in the city had received 36 bodies by Tuesday and treated more than 150 injured people in its emergency department. MSF attributed the attack to Sudanese armed forces. Its figures cover people received at the hospital, while the medic’s account gave a toll for the market strike. Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese rights group, said more than 100 people were killed and 113 injured, and also blamed the military. The RSF reported a higher toll of 188 civilians killed and 356 injured. That figure could not immediately be independently verified. The Sudanese Armed Forces had not commented as of Tuesday. The differing...