A drone strike on the city of Rabak in White Nile State resulted in the deaths of 11 people, according to medical and security sources, while another strike targeted Al Amal Hospital in the Jabal Awliya area, south of Khartoum, in a new escalation of the use of drones in a war that left tens of thousands dead and more than 11 million displaced.
Published on: 04/29/2026 - 01:39 Last updated: 04/29/2026 - 09:17
Eleven people were killed in a strike carried out by drones on the city of Rabak in South Sudan, according to what security and medical sources reported to the French news agency on Tuesday, while a similar attack targeted an area in Khartoum State for the first time in months.
A security source indicated that the strike in Rabak, White Nile State, hit the "Joint Forces", an alliance of armed factions fighting alongside the army against the Rapid Support Forces in the war that has been ongoing since April 2023.
According to the account of two eyewitnesses, “the march bombed a number of vehicles of the joint forces in the Al-Rawashda neighborhood and another near the court, and the vehicles were loaded with weapons and ammunition, which exacerbated the intensity of the explosions.”
On the medical side, a medical source confirmed that the attack killed 11 people.
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In a parallel development, a security source and witnesses reported that a drone strike hit a hospital in Khartoum State, in the first such targeting in months, after the army regained control of the region a year ago from the Rapid Support Forces.
One of the witnesses described what happened by saying, “A march bombed Al-Amal Hospital in the Jabal Awliya area,” an area located 45 kilometers south of Khartoum.
The security source also explained that the damage to the buildings was “slight,” noting that the strike hit “a gas station close to the hospital.”
Both sides of the conflict rely on the use of advanced drones in battles to control territory, which has sparked repeated condemnations from the United Nations and highlighted the extent of external parties’ support for both sides.
The ongoing war in Sudan has left tens of thousands dead and more than 11 million displaced, and the United Nations has described it as "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world."
The "Joint Forces" - an alliance led by former rebel leaders in Darfur who later joined the ranks of government forces - are one of the main pillars of the Sudanese army's war effort.
France 24/AFP
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