Sudan Drone Strike: Rights Group Says Over 100 Killed
More than 100 people were killed and 113 injured when a drone struck a crowded market in Nyala, the capital of Sudan’s South Darfur state, according to Emergency Lawyers.
The rights group attributed Monday evening’s attack to the Sudanese military and called for an independent investigation. It said women and children were among the victims. The casualty figures remain attributed to the group and should not be treated as an independently established final toll.
Nyala Hospital Receives Dozens of Bodies and Injured Patients
Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), separately said the Nyala Teaching Hospital it supports had received 36 bodies. Medical teams saw more than 150 wounded patients in the emergency room.
MSF placed the market strike at around 8:00 PM local time on October 26 and said another strike hit a civilian neighbourhood. Its teams treated patients, including women and children, as the hospital responded to the influx.
The hospital figures and the rights group’s wider casualty estimate are separate accounts. They should not be added together, and the available information does not establish why the totals differ. MSF urged all parties to protect civilians and the places they depend on for food and essential supplies.
Khartoum Power Outage Disrupts Essential Services
In a separate incident, a drone strike on a transformer station in Omdurman left large parts of Khartoum without electricity for more than 12 hours on Tuesday.
An electricity company official, speaking anonymously to the Associated Press, blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The disruption affected hospitals, bakeries and water supplies, adding pressure on residents already struggling with the consequences of war. Responsibility for this attack remains attributed to the official’s account.
Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Civilian Infrastructure Is Hit
Sudan’s military and the RSF have been fighting since April 2023. Nyala is under RSF control, while escalating drone warfare has exposed populated areas and essential infrastructure to repeated attacks.
MSF warned that strikes on markets and residential areas are threatening lives and restricting access to food at a time of growing concern over malnutrition. It also cited recent attacks on electricity infrastructure across several states.
The latest incidents underline the overlapping pressures on civilians: immediate danger from violence, disrupted medical care, unreliable water and electricity, and increasing difficulty obtaining food. Protecting civilian infrastructure and maintaining humanitarian access remain urgent priorities.
