Drone Strikes Kill 114, Including 63 Children, in Sudan

At least 114 people, including 63 children, were killed and 35 others wounded in a series of drone strikes on December 4 in the town of Kalogi in Sudan's South Kordofan state, according to the World Health Organization. The attacks, attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces by Sudanese officials and local groups, targeted a kindergarten, rescue efforts by paramedics and civilians, and the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital multiple times.

The strikes began with an assault on the kindergarten, where most of the children were killed, the WHO reported. As parents, caretakers and first responders rushed to evacuate the injured to the adjacent rural hospital, they came under fire, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The hospital itself was hit at least three times, adding to the casualties among medical staff and patients. "Disturbingly, paramedics and responders came under attack as they tried to move the injured from the kindergarten to the hospital," Tedros said in a statement on social media.

Sudan's Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks, stating they were carried out by the Rapid Support Forces using drones and heavy weapons. The paramilitary group...