Drone strike kills more than 150 at market in Sudanese war

Strike pushes the toll from attacks in recent days to more than 250, underscoring lethality of Sudan’s war that ⁠erupted in April 2023

A drone strike on a market in a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 153 people on Monday, according to a local official, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks.

The strike pushed the toll from attacks in recent days to more than 250, underscoring the lethality of airstrikes in Sudan’s war, which ⁠erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces ⁠and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).