Drone attack by RSF in Sudan kills 24, including 8 children, doctors’ group says

A drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan earlier today, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group says, a day after a World Food Program aid convoy was targeted.

Today’s attack by the RSF occurred close to the city of Rahad in North Kordofan province, says the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s ongoing war. The vehicle was transporting displaced people who fled fighting in the Dubeiker area, the group says in a statement. Among the dead children were two infants.

Several others were wounded and taken for treatment in Rahad, which suffers severe medical supplies shortages, like many areas in the Kordofan region, the statement says.

The doctors’ group urges the international community and rights organizations to “take immediate action to protect civilians and hold the RSF leadership directly accountable for these violations.”

There is no immediate comment from the RSF, which has been at war against the Sudanese military for control of the country for about three years.