New Drone Attacks Kill Civilians in North Kordofan as Sudan’s War Intensifies

Overview

• Thirteen more people were reportedly killed on Tuesday in a drone strike in North Kordofan, according to a UN briefing that described a sharp escalation across the Kordofan states.
• At least 10 civilians died Monday in El Obeid when an RSF drone hit a home, with nine victims from one family, eyewitnesses told local outlets that could not reach the RSF for comment.
• UN reports say drones struck a market and a medical clinic in North Darfur on January 3 and multiple attacks hit Dilling in South Kordofan on January 1–3, compounding an already dire humanitarian situation.
• Both the SAF and RSF have stepped up drone and air raids and accuse each other of targeting civilians, with Sudan’s Council of Ministers condemning alleged army raids and legal groups decrying reported strikes on a hospital and market as potential breaches of international law.
• Displacement is surging with nearly 1,000 people fleeing a South Kordofan locality from December 31 to January 4, about 2,000 uprooted in North Kordofan on Monday, and roughly 65,000 displaced across Kordofan from late October to late December, while WFP warns over 1.1 million refugees in Ethiopia risk losing essential aid without new funding.