Al-Nuhud, November 15 (Darfur24)
At least 15 civilians have been killed and 13 civilian vehicles destroyed in a series of drone strikes across Sudan’s West Kordofan State, according to incidents documented by Darfur24, as fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies.
Sources told Darfur24 on Saturday that a drone struck a passenger car earlier this week, killing five civilians. One of the victims later died after being taken to Foga Hospital.
A separate drone strike in the Foga area killed three civilians after three fuel trucks were targeted at a local fuel market, the sources said.
In another attack, a civilian from Hamir village, south of Al-Nuhud, was killed when a drone struck his private vehicle late last week.
A drone also targeted a convoy of seven civilian vehicles travelling from the Khumas area to Al-Muqaysim village, northeast of Al-Khuway. The attack killed Othman Bakht Makki and 17-year-old Ahmed Jumaa Balh and wounded seven others.
The convoy consisted of six pickup trucks and a Land Rover carrying agricultural produce to Al-Muqaysim market, where traders intended to exchange the goods for other commodities, according to the sources.
In Sarif Ankoush, another drone strike hit a three-wheeled vehicle, locally known as a tuk-tuk, killing four civilians, including children.
The attacks highlight the growing risks facing civilians travelling on roads and conducting daily economic activities in West Kordofan, where intensified fighting between the army and the RSF has been accompanied by increasingly deadly drone attacks.
