At least 28 people were killed on Sunday in a drone strike on a market in North Kordofan, central Sudan, according to the non-governmental organization 'Emergency Lawyers', an independent group that documents the war in that country.
Kordofan, a large, fertile and oil-rich region south of Khartoum, is currently at the center of three years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
"Unmanned aerial vehicles bombed the market in the Al-Safiya area, in the paramilitary-controlled Sondari community, killing 28 people and wounding dozens more," the NGO said in a statement, without specifying which side the drones belonged to.
Sondar is located about 230 kilometers from El Obeid, the capital of South Kordofan state, which the SDF has been trying to besiege for months.
The attack, on Sunday evening, occurred as a large crowd, mainly women, children and the elderly, had gathered in the market, the pro-democracy lawyers' collective added, warning that the death toll was tentative and could rise.
Since April 2023, tens of thousands of people have been killed and at least 14 million have been displaced within Sudan and beyond its borders.
The war has created "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world," according to the UN.
In October, the SDF captured the town of El Fasher, the army's last stronghold in Darfur, and is now advancing into Kordofan, trying to take control of the main road connecting Darfur to the capital, Khartoum.
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