160 people reported killed in escalating drone attacks across Sudan

Rights groups warn increasing attacks by unmanned aircraft are targeting civilians and infrastructure.

Sudan army accused of drone strike on livestock market

A wave of drone attacks across Sudan has killed more than 160 people in recent days, according to medics and rights groups.

D rone attacks on Khartoum killed three children on Monday, according to Emergency Lawyers, a group that monitors violence against civilians in Sudan’s civil war, while more than 160 were reported to have been killed in western regions since Friday.

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The attacks were blamed on both the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and government forces, They have been fighting since 2023, but the increasing use of drones in recent months has caused growing numbers of civilian casualties.

The deadliest recent attack was near a market on Sunday evening in Al-Dibab town in the southwestern state of West Kordofan, which is controlled by the RSF. Residents and medical workers said a drone attacked a transport hub where villagers had gathered after a market day to find rides home, killing 80 people.

Another 47 wounded people were taken to the nearby town of Al-Mujlad, where 30 later died from their injuries, a medical source said, according to the AFP news agency.

The RSF’s self-declared administration, known as Tasis, and Emergency Lawyers accused the army of carrying out the attack.

In eastern Sudan, a military source said on Sunday that air defences intercepted several RSF drones targeting the Atbara and Setit dams in Gadaref state, about 420km east of Khartoum. There was no immediate comment from the RSF.

Early on Monday, another drone attack hit the RSF stronghold of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. Medical and RSF sources said 17 people, including seven RSF officers, were killed and 23 wounded.

An RSF drone attack on Friday hit a gathering of displaced people in Sudan’s Blue Nile province on the border with Ethiopia, killing 41 people, Emergency Lawyers said.

The group condemned the attack, calling it a humanitarian tragedy.

The United Nations condemned the deadly attacks on Monday.

“We are alarmed by the continued deadly drone strikes across the country that are killing civilians, including children, and that are disrupting central services,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters.

Sudanese refugees arrive at Oure Cassoni refuge camp in Chad to escape war in Sudan, February 24, 2026 [Dan Kitwood/Getty]

At least 59,000 killed

The current war in Sudan began in April 2023 when the military leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, fell out over plans to fold the paramilitary into Sudan’s army.

In June, Hemedti was sentenced to death in his absence for war crimes.

However, the fighting, now in its fourth year, continues and has killed at least 59,000 people, according to conflict monitor ACLED. Aid groups say the actual toll is likely higher.

The UN says about 13 million people have been forced from their homes, creating what aid groups call the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

Across Sudan, 33.7 million people, including 17.3 million children, urgently need food support this year. An estimated 825,000 children face severe, acute malnutrition, according to the UN.

The United States on Friday urged the UN Security Council to push for a humanitarian truce and expand an arms embargo on Sudan, but China and Russia opposed widening the embargo.

人权组织警告称，无人机袭击事件日益增多，目标正转向平民和基础设施。

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据医务人员和人权组织称，近日苏丹境内发生的一系列无人机袭击事件已造成超过160人死亡。

据监测苏丹内战中针对平民的暴力行为的组织“紧急律师”称，周一，无人机袭击喀土穆造成三名儿童死亡；而自上周五以来，据报道西部地区已有超过 160 人丧生。

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这些袭击事件被归咎于准军事快速支援部队（RSF）和政府军。他们自 2023 年以来一直在交战，但近几个月来无人机的日益普及导致平民伤亡人数不断增加。

近期最致命的袭击事件发生在周日晚间，地点位于西科尔多凡州西南部阿尔迪巴布镇的一个市场附近。该州由快速支援部队控制。居民和医务人员称，一架无人机袭击了一个交通枢纽，当时村民们在集市结束后聚集在那里寻找回家的交通工具，袭击造成80人死亡。

据法新社报道，一名医疗消息人士称，另有 47 名伤者被送往附近的穆杰拉德镇，其中 30 人后来因伤势过重死亡。

快速支援部队自封的行政机构“塔西斯”和紧急律师指责军队实施了这次袭击。

据一位军方消息人士周日透露，苏丹东部防空部队拦截了数架快速支援部队（RSF）无人机，这些无人机的目标是位于喀土穆以东约420公里加达里夫州的阿特巴拉水坝和塞提特水坝。快速支援部队方面尚未对此发表评论。

周一清晨，南达尔富尔州首府尼亚拉——快速支援部队（RSF）的据点——再次遭到无人机袭击。医疗和快速支援部队消息人士称，袭击造成17人死亡，其中包括7名快速支援部队军官，另有23人受伤。

紧急律师组织称，周五，快速支援部队的无人机袭击了苏丹青尼罗省与埃塞俄比亚接壤地区的一群流离失所者，造成 41 人死亡。

该组织谴责了这次袭击，称其为一场人道主义悲剧。

联合国谴责了周一发生的致命袭击事件。

联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯的发言人斯特凡·杜加里克告诉记者：“我们对全国各地持续发生的致命无人机袭击感到震惊，这些袭击造成平民（包括儿童）死亡，并扰乱了中央公共服务。”

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至少59000人丧生

苏丹目前的战争始于 2023 年 4 月，当时军方领导人阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·布尔汉和快速支援部队领导人穆罕默德·哈姆丹·达加洛（又名赫梅蒂）因将准军事部队并入苏丹军队的计划而发生争执。

6月，赫梅蒂因战争罪行被缺席判处死刑。

然而，这场已持续四年的冲突仍在继续，据冲突监测机构ACLED统计，已造成至少5.9万人死亡。援助组织表示，实际死亡人数可能更高。

联合国表示，约有 1300 万人被迫离开家园，造成援助组织所称的全球最大人道主义危机。

今年，苏丹全国有3370万人急需粮食援助，其中包括1730万儿童。据联合国估计，约有82.5万儿童面临严重的急性营养不良。

美国周五敦促联合国安理会推动人道主义停火并扩大对苏丹的武器禁运，但中国和俄罗斯反对扩大禁运。