Sudanese army drone strike hits girls’ school shelter, kill eight civilians in West Kordofan
Local media reports indicate that the drone strike struck the Abu Zabad Secondary School for Girls, which was doubling as a shelter for persons displaced by the ongoing conflict in the region.
A drone strike by the Sudanese Army in Abu Zabad, West Kordofan State, on Tuesday reportedly killed at least eight civilians, including a child, while nine others sustained varying injuries.
Local media reports indicate that the drone strike struck the Abu Zabad Secondary School for Girls, which was doubling as a shelter for persons displaced by the ongoing conflict in the region.
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The attack occurred as tensions continue to rise in West Kordofan, where both the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reportedly mobilising for fresh clashes. The RSF has recently seized multiple towns across the broader Kordofan region following intense fighting.
Emergency groups have since urged international aid organisations to intervene quickly, citing overcrowding in shelters, homes, and public spaces in Abu Zabad, where many displaced people have sought refuge.
Elsewhere in El Fasher, a total of 179 people were killed by deliberate shelling in May, while 12 others died from starvation as the conflict between RSF and the Sudanese intensified in the region.
According to the Sudanese Doctors Network, malnutrition is rising among El Fasher residents, with many, especially children and women, suffering from severe hunger-related complications due to blocked aid routes and the prolonged conflict, which started in April 2024.
The group added that medical supplies are also running dangerously low, making it difficult to treat even the most basic conditions in the city, which is home to close to a million people.
"At least 179 were killed in deliberate rocket shelling on El Fasher in May, while 12 others died due to hunger and the ongoing food crisis in the city, caused by a siege that has lasted for more than a year. Malnutrition is spreading at an alarming rate among children and women," the Doctors' Network said in a statement on X.
Further, the group urged immediate action to save over 350,000 children at risk of severe malnutrition in El Fasher, warning that delays in opening a humanitarian corridor could amount to genocide.
Last week, the Sudanese army dismissed a Human Rights Watch report accusing it of killing civilians in Nyala, South Darfur, in February airstrikes, calling the claims false and part of an international conspiracy.
The army instead blamed the RSF for widespread attacks on civilians and public infrastructure.
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