UN Documents Over 90 Civilian Deaths From Drone Strikes in Sudan's Kordofan as War Spreads

The United Nations has documented more than 90 civilian deaths and 142 injuries caused by drone strikes in Sudan's Kordofan region in just over two weeks, as the country's devastating civil war expands beyond Darfur into central territories Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian....

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivered the grim assessment to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, warning that the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is entering a dangerous new phase Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian....

Turk said that in the last two weeks, the SAF and allied Joint Forces broke the sieges on the cities of Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan, but that drone strikes by both sides continue to exact a devastating toll on civilians Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian.... He emphasized that unless decisive steps are taken by the international community, worse is likely to come.

A Pattern of Attacks on Civilians

The escalation follows a series of attacks that have drawn international condemnation. On February 7, an RSF drone struck a vehicle transporting displaced families near the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children — two of them infants RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war.. The Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks casualties in the war, confirmed the deaths and said several others were taken for treatment in Er Rahad, where medical supplies are severely depleted RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

Three drone strikes on health facilities in South Kordofan killed 31 people last week, according to the World Health Organization Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian.... A separate RSF drone attack on a World Food Programme aid convoy in North Kordofan on February 6 killed one person and wounded several others, destroying trucks carrying food assistance to displaced populations in El Obeid RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

The Sudan Doctors Network described the attacks as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law amounting to war crimes, and urged the international community and rights organizations to take immediate action to protect civilians and hold the RSF leadership directly accountable RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

International Reactions

The attacks have prompted strong condemnation from multiple governments. Massad Boulos, a US adviser for African and Arab affairs, called the WFP convoy attack sickening and said the Trump administration has zero tolerance for the destruction of life and US-funded assistance RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

British minister for international development Jenny Chapman called the convoy strike disgraceful, saying that civilians are starving and aid operations bringing vital food should never be targeted RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry issued a strongly worded statement criticizing the RSF for its drone strikes on displaced families, the WFP convoy, and a hospital in Kordofan that killed 22 people. Riyadh called on the RSF to stop its attacks on civilians and aid convoys, and called out foreign parties that continue to deliver illegal arms, mercenaries, and foreign fighters — an apparent reference to the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused by rights groups and UN experts of arming the RSF RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war.. The UAE has denied these accusations.

Atrocities in El-Fasher

Turk also highlighted harrowing survivor testimonies from el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which fell to RSF forces in October following an 18-month siege Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian.... He described accounts of mass killings and other grave violations targeting civilians after the RSF overran the city, stating that responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies squarely with the RSF and their allies and supporters Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian....

The High Commissioner said he has personally witnessed the destruction caused by RSF attacks on Sudan's Merowe Dam and its hydroelectric power station, where repeated drone strikes have disrupted power and water supplies to huge numbers of people, with a serious impact on healthcare Deadly drone attacks on civilians continue in Sudan’s Kordofan, UN saysaljazeera.com·SecondaryFatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk painted a grim picture of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has plunged the country into widespread bloodshed and humanitarian....

Humanitarian Catastrophe Deepens

The war, which erupted in April 2023 when a power struggle between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting, has killed more than 40,000 people according to UN figures, though aid groups believe the true number is many times higher RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war.. More than 14 million people have been forced to flee their homes, creating the world's largest humanitarian crisis RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported last week that famine has been confirmed in two additional areas of Darfur, with acute malnutrition expected to worsen in 2026 — a projected 13.5 percent increase in cases among children under five and pregnant women, from 3.7 million to nearly 4.2 million RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

Save the Children's country director Mohamed Abdiladif said children are already dying from hunger-related causes across many parts of Sudan, with parents selling their last possessions to keep their children alive from one day to the next RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..

The Emergency Lawyers group, an independent organization documenting atrocities in Sudan, has blamed the RSF for the convoy attack, while international pressure mounts for accountability and an end to the conflict that shows no sign of abating RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors grouptheguardian.com·SecondaryEight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war..