KHARTOUM: Drone strikes on the strategic Sudanese city of El-Obeid killed 23 people, a rights group said on Thursday, in one of the deadliest aerial assaults since the war began.
Drone warfare has become an increasingly prominent feature of Sudan’s conflict, which erupted in April 2023 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Emergency Lawyers group, which has been documenting war abuses, said the attack on the key hub in the southern Kordofan region began on Wednesday evening and continued into Thursday, striking residential areas, a funeral gathering and a truck carrying food supplies.
At least 19 other people were wounded, the group said, blaming the attacks on the RSF.
The claims could not be independently verified and there was no immediate comment from the RSF.
