CAIRO (AP) 鈥� Drone strikes on civilian vehicles headed to social gatherings in have killed over 20 people in recent day, according to rights groups, as the use of unmanned aircraft becomes increasingly common in the north eastern African country鈥檚 .
A drone hit the outskirts of Khartoum killing 10 civilians, including five women from the same family, as they drove to a wedding, the Sudan Doctors Network said Wednesday.
The medical aid group, which has been tracking violence between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces throughout the war 鈥� which is in its 鈥� blamed Tuesday’s attack on a road west of Omdurman, the sister city of the capital, , on the RSF. All of those on the vehicle, which caught fire, were killed.
The group said that the strike 鈥渨as deliberate and carried out using a guided drone鈥� and called for the international community to pressure RSF leadership to stop targeting civilians.
A separate drone strike on Tuesday hit a transport vehicle near a water facility in the province, killing two people, according to Emergency Lawyers, which tracks violence in Sudan. The previous day, 13 civilians, including five women, were killed when a drone hit their vehicle as they headed to a wedding in a al-Shaatout town, in North Kordofan province, Emergency Lawyers said.
鈥淭his attack is part of an escalating pattern of as drones continue to fly over the northern parts of the province…monitoring residents鈥� movements,鈥� the group said in a statement.
North Kordofan has seen a surge in drone strikes amid repeated international concerns about the RSF , which is home to the army鈥檚 5th Infantry Division. Drone on the city have destroyed civilian infrastructure, including power facilities and neighborhoods, and targeted bridges and key supply routes, according to the U.N.
The war in Sudan, which started in April 2023 after long-simmering tensions between the army and the RSF, has killed , displaced some 13 million and pushed . More than 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
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