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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said Thursday he is “appalled” by a surge in drone attacks on civilians in Sudan. More than 200 civilians have reportedly been killed since March 4 in strikes across the Kordofan region and White Nile state.
According to the UN human rights office, the recent wave of strikes has caused widespread civilian casualties across several regions. In West Kordofan alone, at least 152 civilians were reportedly killed in drone attacks attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces. On March 4, a drone strike hit a market and hospital in the town of Al-Muglad, killing at least 50 civilians. Three days later, additional strikes on markets in Abu Zabad and Wad Banda reportedly killed at least 40 civilians. On March 10, a drone strike allegedly carried out by the Sudanese military struck a lorry carrying civilians in Al-Sunut, killing at least 50 people, including women and children.
Türk warned that the increasing use of drones deploying explosive weapons in populated areas raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law. He emphasized that international humanitarian law strictly prohibits direct attacks on civilians, attacks against civilian objects, and indiscriminate strikes that fail to distinguish between civilian and military targets. Türk urged renewed diplomatic pressure to secure a humanitarian truce, followed by a permanent ceasefire and negotiations aimed at restoring inclusive civilian rule in Sudan.
In earlier remarks this year, he warned of growing militarization across the country and a sharp increase in civilian killings. UN documentation from 2025 recorded more than a two-and-a-half-fold rise in civilian deaths compared with the previous year, with many victims still missing or unidentified.
Further violence has been reported in South Kordofan, where at least 39 civilians have been killed in attacks attributed to the Rapid Support Forces and allied fighters from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North. Between March 4 and March 5, heavy artillery shelling in the state capital of Dilling reportedly killed 14 civilians.
The current violence stems from a civil war that erupted on April 15, 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces after tensions over security integration and political transition. The war has triggered one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with millions displaced, widespread food insecurity and health system collapse, and extensive violations of human rights and humanitarian law documented by international organizations. According to a conflict overview published by Amnesty International, the clashes have been marked by indiscriminate use of heavy weapons in populated areas and widespread attacks on civilians, displacing over 7.3 million people and causing massive suffering across the country since April 2023.
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According to the UN human rights office, the recent wave of strikes has caused widespread civilian casualties across several regions. In West Kordofan alone, at least 152 civilians were reportedly killed in drone attacks attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces. On March 4, a drone strike hit a market and hospital in the town of Al-Muglad, killing at least 50 civilians. Three days later, additional strikes on markets in Abu Zabad and Wad Banda reportedly killed at least 40 civilians. On March 10, a drone strike allegedly carried out by the Sudanese military struck a lorry carrying civilians in Al-Sunut, killing at least 50 people, including women and children.
Türk warned that the increasing use of drones deploying explosive weapons in populated areas raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law. He emphasized that international humanitarian law strictly prohibits direct attacks on civilians, attacks against civilian objects, and indiscriminate strikes that fail to distinguish between civilian and military targets. Türk urged renewed diplomatic pressure to secure a humanitarian truce, followed by a permanent ceasefire and negotiations aimed at restoring inclusive civilian rule in Sudan.
In earlier remarks this year, he warned of growing militarization across the country and a sharp increase in civilian killings. UN documentation from 2025 recorded more than a two-and-a-half-fold rise in civilian deaths compared with the previous year, with many victims still missing or unidentified.
Further violence has been reported in South Kordofan, where at least 39 civilians have been killed in attacks attributed to the Rapid Support Forces and allied fighters from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North. Between March 4 and March 5, heavy artillery shelling in the state capital of Dilling reportedly killed 14 civilians.
The current violence stems from a civil war that erupted on April 15, 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces after tensions over security integration and political transition. The war has triggered one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with millions displaced, widespread food insecurity and health system collapse, and extensive violations of human rights and humanitarian law documented by international organizations. According to a conflict overview published by Amnesty International, the clashes have been marked by indiscriminate use of heavy weapons in populated areas and widespread attacks on civilians, displacing over 7.3 million people and causing massive suffering across the country since April 2023.
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