10 civilians, mostly women, killed due to drone strikes on Sudanese cities

SadaNews - Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that drones targeted the "Al-Muqran" power station in the city of Atbara in the River Nile State, northern Sudan, resulting in power outages in major cities including Khartoum, Port Sudan, and other states.

The National Electricity Company stated in a statement on Thursday that the airstrikes hit the electricity transformers in the vital station, which receives power from the Merowe Dam, the largest source of hydroelectric power in the country, before distributing it to various areas.

The attack resulted in the deaths of two members of the civil defense while they were trying to extinguish a fire that broke out after the first strike, according to a statement from the Nile State government.

The Sudanese army's ground defenses also confronted several drones targeting civilian sites in Atbara.

A military source indicated that the shelling also affected the main transformer stations in the cities of Atbara and Damer, leading to power outages in several cities, including Shendi.

In a related context, eyewitnesses reported that 8 people, all women, were killed as a result of a strike carried out by a drone targeting displaced persons in the "Al-Korkal" village in South Kordofan while they were fleeing from the besieged city of Kadugli by the Rapid Support Forces for about a year and a half.

Sudan Doctors Network: 234 dead and 507 injured among medical personnel since the war broke out

The Sudan Doctors Network announced the documentation of the deaths of 234 medical staff and injuries to 507 others since the war began in April 2023.

The network clarified that more than 59 medical personnel's fate remains unknown, while 73 others are held in the city of Nyala.

United Nations: Over a thousand civilians killed in Darfur and warning of war crimes in Sudan

The United Nations announced that over a thousand civilians were killed during April, while the Rapid Support Forces controlled one of the camps in the Darfur region of western Sudan.

In the same context, the UN Human Rights Commissioner warned that the intentional killing of civilians or individuals unable to fight in Sudan could amount to war crimes, calling for accountability of the perpetrators and ensuring the protection of civilians.

It is worth noting that the war in Sudan erupted in April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces due to a dispute over integrating the latter into the military establishment, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands and the displacement of about 13 million people, leading to what the United Nations described as "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world."