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160 people reported killed in escalating drone attacks across Sudan
Al Jazeera • • world
Key Points:
- A series of drone attacks in Sudan have killed over 160 people recently, with significant casualties reported in Khartoum and western regions, including 80 deaths near a market in West Kordofan.
- Both the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and government forces are blamed for the drone strikes, which have increasingly caused civilian casualties amid ongoing conflict since 2023.
- The UN condemned the attacks, highlighting the impact on civilians and essential services, while the conflict has resulted in at least 59,000 deaths and displaced around 13 million people.
- Humanitarian conditions are dire, with over 33 million people needing food aid and hundreds of thousands of children facing severe malnutrition, amid calls for a humanitarian truce and expanded arms embargo.
- Efforts to expand the arms embargo at the UN Security Council were opposed by China and Russia, despite US calls for increased measures to address the crisis.
