RSF drone attack in Sudan’s El-Obeid kills seven, wounds 22

A drone intercepted by Sudan Armed Forces during a past operation. (Photo: Facebook/Sudanese Army 19th Infantry Division)

By Bashir Mbuthia
Saturday, April 25, 2026

The doctors also appealed to relevant authorities to support health facilities in El-Obeid with essential medical supplies and personnel, warning that the rising number of casualties, amid the larger RSF war with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), is worsening the health situation in the city.

At least seven people were killed on Saturday and 22 others injured following a reported Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attack in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, a local medical aid group has reported.

According to the Sudan Doctors Network, the attack targeted residential areas and involved suicide drones, leaving survivors with injuries of varying severity.

“The network condemns the deliberate targeting by the RSF of civilian and densely populated neighbourhoods, stressing that the objective is not military but rather to inflict the highest possible number of civilian casualties,” the aid group said.

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According to the RSF, numerous “enemy combatants” were killed during the operation, while several others were captured.

“These operations culminated in the full liberation and control of Al-Kili strategic in Blue Nile States,” the paramilitary group said on its official website.

“Numerous enemy combatants were killed or captured, while others fled in disarray, abandoning weapons and military equipment, enabling our forces to consolidate full control over the area.”

The ongoing war between the RSF and SAF, which erupted in April 2023, has so far claimed approximately 60,000 lives, with more than 11 million people displaced as a result of the conflict.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 34 million people in Sudan need aid amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, while 21 million lack access to critical health services.

While the situation is improving in some states, the health crisis is deepening in areas where fighting continues, with disease outbreaks and malnutrition also rising.

“The war in Sudan is devastating lives and denying people their most basic rights, including health, water, food and safety. The health system has been crippled, leaving millions without essential health care,” WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said last month.