"At least 24 people were killed, including eight children and infants, after a drone strike on a humanitarian convoy in Sudan on Saturday. Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary has been blamed for the attack on a convoy that was transporting residents fleeing fighting in the Dubeiker area. Authorities say the attack occurred near the city of Rahad in the North Kordofan region."
"The RSF is also thought to be behind a Friday attack on a UN World Food Program convoy that was delivering aid to displaced persons in the same area. One person was reported killed in that attack, with several more injured according to the UN. Fighting has shifted to Kordofan since the RSF took control of Sudan's western Darfur region in October."
"The Sudan Doctors Network, a professional association that monitors the war, urged the international community to "take immediate action to protect civilians and hold the RSF leadership directly accountable for these violations." It also condemned the Friday WFP attack, calling it a "flagrant violation of international humanitarian law," adding that it "amounts to a full-fledged war crime." The RSF has not claimed responsibility for either attack."
A drone strike on a humanitarian convoy near Rahad in North Kordofan killed at least 24 people, including eight children and infants. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are blamed for the attack and are suspected in a separate World Food Program convoy attack that killed one and injured several. Fighting has shifted into Kordofan since the RSF seized Darfur in October. Many wounded were taken to Rahad, which lacks medical supplies. The Sudan Doctors Network called for immediate international action to protect civilians and hold RSF leadership accountable, labeling the attacks as violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes. The RSF has not claimed responsibility.
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