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Drone strikes in Sudan killed around 880 civilians this year, UN says

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 458 words · By Jerry Fisayo-Bambi
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What to know about Drone strikes in Sudan killed around 880 civilians this year, UN says

Most of the civilian deaths attributed to drone strikes in the first three months of the year were recorded in the Kordofan region and Darfur, although the strikes were also increasingly spreading beyond both regions.

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What happened

Most of the civilian deaths attributed to drone strikes in the first three months of the year were recorded in the Kordofan region and Darfur, although the strikes were also increasingly spreading beyond both regions.

Why it matters

At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said on Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a "new, even deadlier phase," more than three years into the war.

Common ground

The drone strikes carried out by both Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group, which have been at war since April 2023, have intensified across the country in recent months.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the strikes were also increasingly spreading beyond both regions to Blue Nile, White Nile and Khartoum, according to the UN”
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While the general increase in drone strikes is corroborated, the specific detail about the expansion to Blue Nile, White Nile, and Khartoum as a UN report is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, although the regions are mentioned in other contexts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blue Nile State (Arabic: ولاية النيل الأزرق Wilāyat an-Nīl al-ʾAzraq) is one of the 18 states of the Republic of the Sudan. Established by Presidential Decree No. 3 in 1992, it is named after the Blue…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Nile_State
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeast Africa which empties into the Mediterranean Sea. At 7,088 kilometers (4,404 mi) long, it is the longest river in the world, although the volume of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile was an armed conflict and insurgency in the Sudanese states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile (known as the Two Areas) between the Sudanese Armed Fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_conflict_in_South_Kor…
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Claim 2: “the conflict which has killed tens of thousands, displaced over 11 million and thrust several areas into famine”
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The displacement of 11 million people and tens of thousands of deaths since April 2023 is confirmed by Al Jazeera and other cross-referenced reports.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since April 2023, conflict between Sudan’s RSF and national army has caused tens of thousands of deaths and displaced 11 million people
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/libyan-financier-ena…
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Claim 3: “Most of the civilian deaths attributed to drone strikes in the first three months of the year were recorded in the Kordofan region and Darfur”
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Evidence from UN Human Rights documentation indicates that the majority of civilian deaths in the conflict were recorded in Darfur, followed by Kordofan and Khartoum.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kordofan campaign is the theater of the War in Sudan that takes place in the 3 states that make up the Kordofan region: North Kordofan, South Kordofan, and West Kordofan. The campaign began on 15 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordofan_campaign_(2023–presen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a list of the 18 states of the Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses). Prior to 9 July 2011, the Republic of the Sudan was composed of 25 states. The ten southern states now form part of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Sudan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government, controlled by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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Claim 4: “Markets have been repeatedly targeted, with at least 28 such attacks resulting in civilian casualties in the first four months of the year.”
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The claim that markets were repeatedly targeted (at least 28 attacks) is explicitly reported in the provided web search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a "new, even deadlier phase…
https://www.newarab.com/news/sudan-drone-strikes-killed-leas…
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web search NEUTRAL — Markets have been repeatedly targeted, with at least 28 such attacks resulting in civilian casualties, as have health facilities, which were struck at least 12 times during the four-month period - in …
https://allafrica.com/stories/202605110328.html
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Claim 5: “The drone strikes carried out by both Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group, which have been at war since April 2023”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on April 15, 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قُوَّاتْ الدّعْمْ السَّرِيعْ, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government. They originated…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary in Sudan, have been implicated numerous atrocities committed in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum since 15 April 2023, which is when both the Battle of Kh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 15 April 2023 to 25 March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) occupied the Khartoum International Airport, Sudan's most important airport, during the War in Sudan as part of the Battle of Kharto…
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Claim 6: “Health facilities have been hit at least 12 times”
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The specific figure that health facilities were hit at least 12 times is mentioned in multiple web search results reporting on the UN/OHCHR findings.
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web search NEUTRAL — A strike on a healthcare facility in Sudan has killed 64 people and wounded 89 more, the World Health Organization reported on Saturday.Near-daily drone strikes are now a hallmark of Sudan’s brutal wa…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/strike-on-suda…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a “new, even deadlier phase…
https://akhbar.com/en/news/un-sudan-drone-strikes-killed-at-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A drone intercepted by Sudan Armed Forces during a past operation. (Photo: Facebook/Sudanese Army 19th Infantry Division).“A total of 511 healthcare workers have been injured, while 84 medical personn…
https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/headlines/345162/death-toll-of-…
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Claim 7: “At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said on Monday”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the UN reported at least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April of the current year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Geneina massacre, also the Battle of Geneina, was a series of major battles for control of Geneina, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and all…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Geneina
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, whi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching subscribers in foreign countries or areas by international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes are defined by the International Tele…
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Claim 8: “on 8 May when drones struck Al Quoz in South Kordofan and near El Obeid in North Kordofan, reportedly killing 26 civilians and injuring others”
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Web search results confirm drone strikes in El Obeid and North Kordofan, but the specific death toll of 26 on May 8 is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided text; one source mentions 9 killed and another mentions 24 displaced civilians.
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web search NEUTRAL — At least nine people were killed and several others injured in drone strikes on El Obeid, the capital of Sudan's North Kordofan State. The attacks, attributed to the RSF, destroyed a major oil factory…
https://sudan.liveuamap.com/en/2026/5-may-04-sudans-armed-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — The North Kordofan state government condemned Friday’s attacks on a convoy linked to the World Food Programme (WFP), urging the international community and United Nations bodies to impose sanctions on…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/7/un-us-condemn-rsf-dr…
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web search NEUTRAL — By Eltayeb Siddig. EL OBEID, Sudan, Jan 21 - Drone strikes have intensified in and around al-Obeid in central Sudan as the country's devastating civil war closes in on the army-controlled city, causin…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/01/drone-attacks-s…
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Claim 9: “drone strikes accounted for at least 880 civilian deaths - more than 80 percent of all conflict-related civilian deaths - between January and April this year”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that drone strikes accounted for 80% of all conflict-related civilian deaths (at least 880 people) between January and April this year, citing OHCHR data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following lists events during 2026 in the Republic of the Sudan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Sudan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Port Sudan (Arabic: بور سودان, romanized: Būr Sūdān, Beja: Bar'uut) is a major port city on the Red Sea in eastern Sudan, and the capital of Red Sea State. Port Sudan is Sudan's main seaport and the s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2026. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Sudanese_civil…
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.