Strikes on Darfur market in Sudan killed more than 100, rights group says

Women and children killed as witnesses say attack struck civilian shopkeepers, RSF forces.Military drone strikes in southwestern Sudan’s Darfur that killed more than 100 people – mostly women and children – earlier this week targeted a busy city market frequented by paramilitary fighters, witnesses said.Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence, put the toll from Monday’s attacks at more than 100 dead and 113 wounded.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Drone attacks across Sudan escalate, 160 people reported killedlist 2 of 3Drone attack in disputed Sudan-South Sudan border region kills at least 153list 3 of 3How Sudan’s shift to drone warfare is fuelling a civilian crisisend of listWhile Emergency Lawyers reported that most of the victims were women and children, witnesses said on Wednesday that multiple civilian vendors who sold goods to paramilitary fighters were among those killed in the attack in Nyala, the South Darfur city that serves as the de facto capital of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The war between the RSF and the army, now in its fourth year, has created severe poverty, food shortages and the world’s worst displacement crisis.A...