Sudan doctors group says 21 killed in RSF-allied SPLM-N attack in South Kordofan

What the report says

The Sudan Doctors Network said 21 people were killed in an attack in Sudan’s South Kordofan state that it blamed on the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, an armed group it described as aligned with the Rapid Support Forces. According to the network, women and children were among those killed, and the assault was said to have targeted civilians on an ethnic basis. Anadolu Agency Africa reported the allegation, but the underlying article text was not available in full.

The reported attack adds to the wider violence in Sudan’s war, where fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF has spread into multiple regions and complicated access to civilians, health services and aid. South Kordofan has long been a fragile area because of past conflict and the presence of armed groups, making it vulnerable to renewed clashes and retaliatory attacks.

The doctors’ group framed the incident as a civilian massacre and called attention to the vulnerability of women and children in the area. As with other wartime claims, the account could not be independently verified from the limited source material provided, and the full circumstances, including the exact location, timing and any response from the accused group, were not included in the public snippet.