At least three people have been killed and 18 others injured in western Sudan as a result of drone attacks allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels in North Kordofan State, according to Sudan Tribune citing local sources.
Sources told the publication that a drone, believed to belong to the RSF, struck a public transport stop in the As-Samikh area, resulting in at least three fatalities and 18 injuries. Another reported drone strike hit a fuel depot in the city of Kosti, located in White Nile State in the south of the country.
Lieutenant General Kamar El-Din Mohamed Fadl, Governor of the State, condemned the attacks on strategic and public service facilities, describing them as the "last convulsions" of the attackers. He affirmed the Sudanese army's capacity to control and destroy drone launch platforms.
Meanwhile, Major General Abdel Jalil Abdel Rahman, head of the Civil Defense Police in White Nile State, stated that civil defense teams from Kosti, Rabak, and Kinana responded promptly to the attack, managing to minimize losses and contain damage.
Earlier in May, Sudanese authorities had accused the RSF rebels of using banned weaponry manufactured in the United States. According to government spokesperson and Minister of Culture and Information Khalid Ali Al-Assir, the army seized prohibited American-made arms from the RSF, which are outlawed by international conventions. The United States subsequently imposed sanctions on the Sudanese government and accused the country's officials of employing chemical weapons.
The civil war in Sudan between the RSF rebellion and the national army erupted in April 2023. Since then, over 20,000 people have been killed, more than 14 million have become displaced, and 25 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
In recent developments, government forces claimed on January 24 to have broken the RSF's siege in Khartoum. Two days later, the country's leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, returned to his headquarters for the first time since August 2023. On March 27, government troops fully retook control of Khartoum from the RSF. The following day, Sudanese leadership announced its preparations for a transition to civilian rule.
Sabina Akopyan
