Drone Strike Kills 102 in Nyala Market

A drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, killed at least 102 people and injured 113 others on Monday evening. The rights group Emergency Lawyers attributed the attack to the Sudanese military, describing the event as a "massacre" that transformed a civilian marketplace into a scene of mass killing. Doctors Without Borders reported receiving 36 bodies and treating 150 injured patients at its Nyala hospital following the strike.

This attack is part of a broader escalation of drone warfare between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that drone strikes killed at least 306 people between October 1 and October 21, including 139 people in Dibab and over 80 people at Amiet Market in Abyei.

Diplomatic efforts to end the violence have stalled. The Sixth Consultative Meeting on Sudan, co-hosted by Switzerland and the UN in Geneva on October 21, ended without a ceasefire after both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces declined to attend. Meanwhile, the United States, the European Union, and 30 other countries issued a joint warning on October 26 that famine could spread across the country, where 20 million people face acute hunger.