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Army air strike kills five children in North Kordofan

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Five children were killed and their mother injured in an air strike by the Sudanese army targeting a house in Abu Zaeima, in North Kordofan State. The Emergency Lawyers group said several homes were also destroyed in the attack on 15 October 2026, according to Sudan Tribune.

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