Sudan drone strikes killed at least 880 civilians between January and April: UN
Key takeaways
- Drone attacks by both Sudan’s army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been at war since April 2023, have intensified across the country in recent months.
- “Armed drones have now become by far and away the leading cause of civilian deaths,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said in the statement.
- A growing use of drones allows fighting to continue “unabated” in the rainy season, which in the past has seen a lull, he said.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize GENEVA: At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a “new, even deadlier phase”.
Drone attacks by both Sudan’s army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been at war since April 2023, have intensified across the country in recent months.
The United Nations rights office said that its Sudan team had determined that “drone strikes accounted for at least 880 civilian deaths — more than 80 percent of all conflict-related civilian deaths — between January and April this year”.