War in Sudan: Nearly 70 people killed in two drone attacks

conflict – Two drone strikes left 67 victims Friday and Saturday in the Kordofan region, one of the most violent fronts of the war

On Saturday, 10 people – eight children and two women – lost their lives in a drone attack that fell on the village of Kadam, in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, reported the NGO Emergency Lawyers, an independent group that documents the Sudanese conflict.

According to this organization, the victims were fleeing an area of South Kordofan “in search of safety”, seeing this as an “extension of violence” in the areas where the displaced, estimated at more than 11 million people in the country, are taking refuge. after more than three years of conflict between the army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (FSR).

The NGO did not specify which side was responsible for the attack, saying only that it occurred “in a civilian area where there are no military operations.”

At least 880 civilians killed since January

Furthermore, on Friday, in the state of North Kordofan, a tribal leader reported to AFP another drone attack which left 57 dead in the village of Al-Murra, this time attributing it to paramilitaries. This area is currently disputed between the two camps.

On Sunday, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said 160 people had been displaced from the village during the week for security reasons.

Drones have become increasingly important weapons in this conflict, allowing both sides to carry out strikes across the country while keeping their troops, decimated, lo(…)

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