Tiné (Chad) (AFP) – Faouzi Abdulbagi Mahammat Anour woke up in Tine, Chad, with a burnt face and his right eye missing after being attacked on the Sudanese side of the border by a drone.
The attack happened on the morning of June 10, when the 18-year-old was grazing his family's livestock northeast of the twin town of Tina in Sudan, in an area still outside the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Eight hours later, he found himself in a hospital in Tine, with his hands burnt and bandaged. His 15-year-old cousin, Tadjerdin Mahammat Anour, was at his bedside.The conflict in Sudan has pitted the country's army against its former allies the RSF since April 2023, killing more than 11,000 civilians and forcing over 15 million to flee their homes, according to the UN.1,000+ killedAnother cousin, aged just 16, was killed on the spot, said Tadjerdin, dressed in a white tunic and also with burns on a large part of his face."I don't understand why we were targeted. We didn't have any weapons," he added.After four days in hospital, Tadjerdin was discharged, accompanied by his uncle, Souleymane Haggar Anour, 27, who had no doubt about who was behind the attack.
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) supports the hospital in the border town of Tine, in Chad, which has seen an influx of victims of drones © Joris Bolomey / AFP
