KHARTOUM: A pick-up truck carrying dozens of people to a funeral in Sudan’s southern Kordofan region was hit by a drone strike, killing 40, a medical source at the local hospital told AFP on Wednesday. Sudan has for nearly three years been gripped by a war between its regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, killing tens of thousands and displacing millions more. Kordofan is currently the fiercest battlefield, where near-daily drone strikes kill dozens at a time.

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KHARTOUM: A pick-up truck carrying dozens of people to a funeral in Sudan’s southern Kordofan region was hit by a drone strike, killing 40, a medical source at the local hospital…

The region, which is home to oil deposits, arable land, and powerful paramilitary allies of the RSF, connects the RSF strongholds in Darfur to the east, which is controlled by the…