Rapid Support Forces drone strike kills nine civilians in Blue Nile
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sudan Tribune
A drone attack attributed to the Rapid Support Forces killed nine civilians and wounded others in a village in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, in south-east Sudan. The governor of Kurmuk, Abdelaati Mohamed el-Fiki, blamed the paramilitaries, who control the locality with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, according to Sudan Tribune.
Nine civilians were killed on Tuesday in a drone attack attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a village in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, in south-east Sudan. The commissioner of the locality of Kurmuk, Abdelati Mohamed al-Fekki, says the drones targeted the village of Bani Shuku, in the Kilo administrative unit, and that several residents were seriously wounded.
Kurmuk, on the border with Ethiopia, has been under the control of the RSF and their ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, for several months. Several villages in the locality have suffered repeated drone attacks that have killed dozens of civilians and forced many residents to flee to Damazin, the state capital. Since January, the RSF-SPLM-N alliance has taken several strategic localities near Damazin. The Sudanese government accuses Ethiopia of providing military support to the alliance, including by making airports available for launching drones and by opening recruitment and training camps, including for foreign fighters.
