A drone attack on Adikong market in western Sudan, near the border with Chad, killed 11 people and wounded dozens more, including children, on Thursday. The strike ignited fuel reserves, causing fires that tore through the busy market. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it treated more than 20 of the wounded at a hospital across the border in Adre, noting that seven of the injured were children. MSF described it as the second deadly drone attack on the same area in less than a month.
The United Nations warned that Sudan’s intensifying air war has killed more than 200 civilians in just over a week. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk condemned the growing use of drones by both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been fighting since April 2023. Recent strikes in West Kordofan and White Nile states have hit markets, hospitals, and schools, killing hundreds of civilians.
The conflict has produced over 1,000 documented drone attacks since 2023, with Sudan now accounting for more than half of all drone strikes recorded across Africa. The UN says 33.7 million people in Sudan require humanitarian aid, and over 12 million have been displaced.
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