Sudan: RSF drone strikes kill seven as civilian attacks escalate

At least seven people were killed on Tuesday in drone strikes allegedly carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan,according to local authorities and medical sources.

In the northern city of Al-Dabbah,five people died and several others were injured after an RSF drone hit college buildings,local officials said. Mohamed Saber Kashkash,head of the city’s security committee,accused the RSF of persistently targeting civilian infrastructure. In a separate attack in East Nile State,east of Khartoum,a doctor and his son were killed,the army-aligned Sudan Shields Forces confirmed.

The latest assaults come amid the ongoing war between Sudan’s army and the RSF,which began in April 2023. Earlier on Tuesday,the Sudan Doctors Network reported that another doctor was killed and his two sons injured in a drone strike on their home in Khartoum’s Sharg En Nile district.

The network said the total number of medical personnel killed since the conflict began has reached 233,condemning what it described as continued RSF “crimes” against civilians. The United Nations and local authorities estimate that the conflict has claimed over 20,000 lives and displaced around 15 million people,while a study by U.S. universities places the death toll closer to 130,000.