Geopolitics · Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Drone attacks blamed on both sides kill at least 160 across Sudan in four days
A drone strike on a market transport hub in West Kordofan on 18 October killed 80 people, part of a wave of strikes since Friday that UN officials call alarming; the army and the RSF each blame the other, and a separate RSF drone killed 41 displaced people in Blue Nile. The war, now in its fourth year, has displaced about 13 million people and left 33.7 million needing food aid.
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