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160 people reported killed in escalating drone attacks across Sudan

Monday 19 October22:38 · 2h agoAI summary
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Over 160 people have been killed in a series of drone strikes across Sudan, with civilians and infrastructure increasingly targeted by both the army and paramilitary forces.

01Summary

  1. 01Three children were killed in a drone attack on Khartoum on Monday.
  2. 02Eighty people died when a drone struck a transport hub in Al-Dibab, West Kordofan, on Sunday evening.
  3. 03A drone attack in Nyala, South Darfur, killed 17 people, including seven RSF officers, on Monday.
  4. 04An RSF drone strike on displaced people in Blue Nile province on Friday killed 41 people.
  5. 05The UN says 33.7 million people in Sudan urgently need food support, with 825,000 children facing severe acute malnutrition.

02Why it matters

The escalating use of drones in Sudan's civil war is causing mass civilian casualties and deepening a humanitarian crisis that already affects millions, including critical food shortages.

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