Drone strike on Abyei market kills 220 in deadliest single attack of Sudan war
A drone attack on the Amiet market in Abyei, a disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan, has killed 220 people according to Sudan's Post, making it among the deadliest single incidents of Sudan's ongoing civil war. The area is administered by UN peacekeepers due to its contested status. Neither Sudan nor South Sudan had issued detailed statements about the attack or relief efforts at the time of reporting.
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The death toll from a drone strike on a market in the contested Abyei region has risen to 220, according to Sudan's Post, making it one of the deadliest single attacks recorded since Sudan's civil war began. The strike hit the Amiet market, located in a border area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan and administered under a United Nations peacekeeping mandate due to its disputed status.
Abyei has repeatedly been drawn into violence stemming from the broader conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, despite its formal neutral status. The area's oil-rich land and symbolic importance to both Khartoum and Juba have made it a recurring flashpoint even as the two nations maintain separate governments.
No party had claimed responsibility for the strike at the time of reporting, and authorities in both Sudan and South Sudan had not issued detailed statements on the circumstances of the attack or on relief efforts for survivors. The scale of casualties underscores the continuing toll the Sudanese civil war is taking on civilians far from the conflict's main front lines.
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