By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Un
Drone strikes killed at least 306 people and injured hundreds more in Sudan during the first three weeks of October. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned the intensification of these attacks across the country on Friday.
Drone strikes killed several civilians, including six women in West Darfur and four people in West Kordofan, according to local observers. The victims included displaced people, patients and civilian passengers, while other attacks targeted residential areas and military facilities in Sudan, Radio Dabanga reports.
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African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf condemns drone attacks that reportedly killed more than 250 people in Sudan and the disputed Abyei Area. The reported tolls concern several locations between 16 and 19 October, according to media and local, medical and administrative sources.
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Drone strikes killed at least 48 displaced civilians in Sudan’s Blue Nile and West Kordofan states, including at least 31 near a displacement site in Wad El Mahi. The UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, condemned the attacks and called for those responsible to be held to account, according to Radio Dabanga.
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More than 220 people were killed in drone strikes attributed to the Sudanese army in the disputed Abyei area, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The 19 October attack reportedly aimed to cut off a transit and supply route used by the Rapid Support Forces, according to RFI.
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European Commission warns of worsening hunger in SudanThe European Commission warns of worsening hunger in Sudan as the conflict continues to deteriorate the humanitarian situation. It calls on donors and humanitarian partners to quickly strengthen relief operations and expand their reach, according to a statement reported by Bajnews.
Somali president celebrates Uganda’s independence in MogadishuSomali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud joined celebrations in Mogadishu marking Uganda’s 64th independence anniversary, organised by the Ugandan embassy. He praised Ugandan soldiers’ contribution to Somalia’s stability and pledged to deepen economic cooperation, Watchdoguganda reports.The week in Africa
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