Drone strike on market in Sudan's Nyala kills 21, wounds at least 40

Mixed · 2A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the de facto capital of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur, killed 21 people and wounded at least 40, a medical source and witnesses told AFP on Tuesday 27 October. 1 2 Right · 1One resident said the market, in the north of the city, was hit around 8 p.m. on Monday; another said it was frequented by young men, particularly RSF fighters. 1 Right · 1A medic at Nyala Hospital gave the toll of 21 dead and more than 40 injured but could not say how many of the casualties were RSF fighters. No one is reported to have claimed the strike. 1

Mixed · 2Sudan's army, at war with the RSF since April 2023, regularly strikes Nyala, where the RSF has declared an administration rivalling the army-backed, internationally recognised government in Khartoum. 1 2 Centre · 1The RSF has in turn struck Khartoum's airport, dams and power stations. On Tuesday its drones reportedly hit the Al-Markhiyat transformer station, disrupting power across large parts of Khartoum and Al-Jazira states, according to an anonymous source at the national electricity company. A day earlier a coordinated RSF drone attack on six power stations left millions without power in Al-Jazira, White Nile, Sennar and Gedaref states. 2 Mixed · 2The war is being fought mainly with drones, and a UN tally says drone strikes killed over 300 people in the first three weeks of October. Aid workers estimate the war has killed more than 200,000 people and caused the world's largest hunger and displacement crises. 1 2

Centre · 1On Monday 30 countries including the United States, France and the United Kingdom warned of an "alarming deterioration" in Sudan's food security and urged action to prevent famine spreading. Sudan's foreign ministry called food security "reassuring" and accused some countries and organisations of politically exploiting the humanitarian situation. 2