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Six people have been killed in a drone attack on the paramilitary-controlled city of al-Daein in Sudan’s Darfur region.
A medical source told AFP that six bodies were received at the al-Daein hospital after the drone strike on Tuesday, adding that five people were wounded in the attack.
The medical source did not identify who was responsible for the strike, but two locals told AFP that an army drone hit residential neighbourhoods in the north and west of the city early on Tuesday.
An RSF-led alliance accused the Sudanese army of carrying out the attack, saying in a statement that drone strikes began late on Monday and continued into Tuesday morning. The army has yet to respond to these allegations.
Thousands of people have died in Sudan’s war between the army and the RSF, while millions have been displaced. The United Nations (UN) has described the war as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Fighting spread to southern Kordofan and Blue Nile state in the southeast, near the borders with Ethiopia and South Sudan, after the RSF seized control of North Darfur capital El-Fasher, the army’s last stronghold in the region.
On Monday, a senior commander in East Darfur, Ali Rizqallah, known as “Savanna”, announced in a video posted on social media that he had split from the force.
AFP reported that RSF commander Bashara al-Huweira defected in North Kordofan, weeks after another leader, al-Nur al-Quba, said he and his fighters had left their positions in North Darfur and joined the Sudanese army.
The army said last week it had captured the Keili area, which lies on a strategic road linking the state capital, El-Damazin, to the border town of al-Kurmuk.
