Sudan: Sudan Army's Drone Attack On Court Kills 35 in Darfur - NGO

What the report says

A Sudanese rights group says the Sudanese army carried out a drone strike on a traditional court in a village in North Darfur on Sunday, killing 35 people. The account, reported by Radio France Internationale and distributed by AllAfrica, says the attack hit civilians gathered for local court hearings in al-Zawiya Ghara, a village controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Several others were wounded, according to the group Emergency Lawyers.

The organization said the strike took place around 1:00 p.m. local time and affected people inside the court and nearby. A witness cited by AFP said the session was being held outdoors under a tree with local community leaders present. The witness also said some of those killed included tribal leaders and RSF commanders. The RSF’s self-declared government condemned the attack as a serious crime and said its toll was higher, though those figures could not be independently verified in the article.

The report places the incident in the wider context of Sudan’s three-year war between the army and the RSF, which has increasingly featured drone attacks in Darfur and other regions. The area around al-Zawiya Ghara is near Kabkabiya, west of El-Fasher, a strategic city that recently changed hands in the conflict. The episode underscores the continuing danger to civilians and the fragmentation of justice and governance in parts of western Sudan.