Drone attack near market kills 80 in Sudan
A drone strike on a transport hub in al-Dibab, Sudan, has killed 80 people, marking one of the deadliest single attacks in the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Witnesses report that the strike targeted civilians returning from a market day.
Why it matters
The escalation of drone warfare in Sudan's civil conflict poses a severe threat to civilian safety and complicates international efforts to mediate the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
A man stands in a hole filled with drone components in El Obeid, Sudan, in March. There has been an escalation in the use of drones in the war. A man stands in a hole filled with drone components in El Obeid, Sudan, in March. There has been an escalation in the use of drones in the war. Sudan Drone attack near market kills 80 in Sudan Witness says drone struck twice at transport hub in al-Dibab, in one of deadliest single attacks of war
Prefer the Guardian on Google A drone strike near a market in southern Sudan on Sunday evening killed 80 people, mostly commuters catching rides home.
Ahmed Wadi, a witness, said the attack in the town of al-Dibab in West Kordofan state left “50 bodies who I helped bury, one of them my own brother Mohamed”.
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