Drone strikes on central Sudanese city kill up to 23: NGO

Drone attacks on the central Sudanese city of el-Obeid have resulted in the deaths of up to 23 people, with a local rights group blaming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The overnight strikes hit residential areas, a funeral gathering, and a truck carrying food supplies, according to reports from Thursday.

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Drone strikes on the central Sudanese city of el-Obeid have killed up to 23 people, officials and a rights group have reported.

Emergency Lawyers, a local rights group, stated that 23 individuals were killed and 19 others wounded. Health officials at el-Obeid Hospital provided a lower toll, reporting 15 deaths and more than 10 wounded. The RSF has not yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, and Al Jazeera could not independently verify the claims.

This incident follows a drone strike less than a week prior in Abu Zaeima, which killed at least 11 people. Drone warfare has become a prominent feature of the conflict that began in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the RSF. The United Nations reported in May that at least 880 civilians had been killed in drone strikes nationwide between January and April.

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23 people were killed and 19 others wounded.

Fighting has intensified in the Kordofan region and Blue Nile state, areas that serve as key battlegrounds linking RSF strongholds to army-controlled territories. El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, has been partially encircled by paramilitary forces for months. The ongoing war has displaced nearly 13 million people, creating what the UN describes as the world's largest displacement and hunger crises.

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15 were killed and more than 10 wounded in the attacks, which hit residential areas, a funeral gathering and a truck carrying food supplies, as well as areas near army positions.