Drone strike kills 30 people in Sudan’s Blue Nile region

Drone reportedly linked to RSF targets Wad al-Mahi, killing dozens near displacement camp, including women and children.Published On 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026At least 30 displaced people, including women and children, have been killed and dozens of others have been wounded following a drone attack in southeastern Sudan.The governor of Wad al-Mahi province told Al Jazeera on Friday that a drone belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the centre of the province, killing 26 women and four children.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours riselist 2 of 3UN rights council condemns attacks on civilians in Sudan, calls for trucelist 3 of 3South Sudan’s aid crisis deepens as food stocks run lowend of listGovernor Mahjoub Al-Sheikh described the attack as “cowardly”. He said the drone was launched from “inside Ethiopia”, according to the AFP news agency.Al Jazeera Arabic’s Sudan correspondent, Wadah Al-Tahir, explained that the attack was the latest in a wave of drone strikes targeting the Blue Nile region and this time Wad al-Mahi province near the city of Damazin was struck.Friday’s attack was j...