Sudanese Army targets RSF training centre in Nyala drone strikes
Witnesses reported seeing a drone hovering over the city for about 30 minutes before it launched multiple rockets at the facility.
The Sudanese army launched a series of drone strikes on Saturday targeting key positions of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, in the latest escalation of fighting in the war-torn region.
Local media reports indicate that the strikes hit a former student dormitory at Nyala University, which had reportedly been turned into a centre to train fighters by the RSF.
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Witnesses reported seeing a drone hovering over the city for about 30 minutes before it launched multiple rockets at the facility.
The blasts, The Sudan Tribune reports, triggered three loud explosions and sent thick smoke rising from the complex. Ambulances were later seen ferrying wounded individuals, some in RSF uniforms, to a hospital under the group's control.
According to the Sudanese Army, the RSF has been using civilian infrastructure in Nyala, including the targeted dormitory, to support its military operations.
Saturday's attack follows a resumption of the Sudanese Army's air assault on Darfur, which restarted in late May after a month-long pause. The renewed strikes came in response to the RSF recently downing at least two army fighter jets in South and North Darfur.
A day earlier, on Friday, army drones had hit two additional RSF positions in West Darfur, including a recruitment camp in the Habayil area and a military post in the town of Sisi.
The RSF has yet to issue a statement on the Saturday incident, but on Thursday, the group denied claims that the Sudanese Army had seized some of its weapons following an operation in the South Kordofan region.
"The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) affirm that these allegations are entirely false and bear no relation to reality," said RSF on its official website.
"They are merely part of a deliberate disinformation campaign orchestrated by the remnants and propaganda arms of the Islamic terrorist movement that seeks to cover up the repeated defeats suffered by their crumbling forces and boost the morale of their elements who continue to flee the battlefields."
Since 2022, Sudan has spiralled into one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with fighting between the army and the RSF killing at least 24,000 people and displacing around 13 million, including four million refugees.
Despite the army's retaking of Khartoum in March and the appointment of Kamil Idris as Prime Minister in April, the RSF remains active in Darfur and Kordofan, and fighting continues.
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