RSF Drone Strike Kills 24 Civilians in Sudan

A drone strike by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families killed at least 24 civilians, including eight children, near Al-Rahad in North Kordofan province on February 7, amid escalating attacks in the country's nearly three-year civil war. The incident, reported by the Sudan Doctors Network, targeted people fleeing fighting in the Dubeiker area of South Kordofan, highlighting the growing risks to noncombatants as the conflict spreads through central regions.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, addressed the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, warning that deadly drone strikes by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces continue despite recent military breakthroughs. Turk's office has documented more than 90 civilian deaths and 142 injuries from such attacks between late January and February 6. These include three strikes on health facilities in South Kordofan last week that killed 31 people, according to the World Health Organization, as well as assaults on humanitarian aid convoys and fuel trucks in North Kordofan.

The central Kordofan region, encompassing North, South, and West Kordofan...