Drone attack on market in Sudan kills 11, as air war civilian toll mounts

"UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said on Thursday he was appalled by the scale of intensifying aerial assaults on civilians in the war, warning that more than 200 people had been killed by drones across the Kordofan region and White Nile state since March 4 alone."

"It is deeply troubling that despite multiple reminders, warnings and appeals, parties to the conflict continue to use increasingly powerful drones to deploy explosive weapons in populated areas, Turk said."

"Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, said in a statement on Friday that it had treated more than 20 of the wounded at a hospital it supports across the border in Adre, and that seven of the injured were children."

Sudan's escalating air war has resulted in over 200 civilian deaths in just over a week, according to UN warnings. A drone attack on Adikong market near the Chad border killed 11 people and wounded dozens, including children, igniting fuel reserves. Doctors Without Borders treated over 20 wounded, including seven children, marking the second deadly strike on the area in a month. Both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces use drones as key weapons in their conflict that began in April 2023. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk expressed alarm at the intensifying aerial assaults, noting over 200 deaths from drone strikes in Kordofan and White Nile regions since March 4 alone, with attacks targeting markets, hospitals, schools, and civilian vehicles.

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