Drone strike on Darfur cattle market kills 30 people, injures 47
A drone strike on a cattle market in Nyala, South Darfur, has killed at least 30 people and injured 47 others, according to AFP. The attack represents the latest civilian casualty in Sudan's civil war, which has persisted since April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
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According to AFP reporting citing ground sources, at least 30 people were killed and 47 others injured when a drone struck a cattle market in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. The strike adds to the mounting civilian toll of Sudan's civil war, which has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Darfur has been among the regions most severely affected by the conflict, with repeated reports of attacks on civilian infrastructure, markets and displacement camps. Nyala, a major urban centre in South Darfur, has experienced recurrent clashes and strikes as the war has continued, contributing to a humanitarian crisis that the United Nations has repeatedly described as one of the world's most severe, with millions of Sudanese displaced internally and across borders. No party had claimed responsibility for the strike according to available reporting, and further details on the attribution of the drone attack were not immediately confirmed.
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