Sudanese army drone strike kills nine in North Kordofan, RSF-allied group says

Septeùber 25, 2026 (EL OBEID, Sudan) – A Sudanese army drone strike killed at least nine civilians and wounded 24 others on Friday in the town of Al-Mazrub in North Kordofan state, an alliance allied with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said.

Al-Mazrub and the nearby town of Um Bader, located in West Bara locality, are among the few remaining bastions held by the RSF in North Kordofan as fighting expands across Sudan’s central and western regions.

The Sudan Founding Coalition, known as Tasees, said in a statement that the drone hit a populated civilian neighbourhood during the morning.

Reuters could not independently verify the casualty figures or the source of the strike, and a Sudanese military spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tasees condemned the assault as a grave breach of international humanitarian law protecting non-combatants and called for an independent international inquiry to hold perpetrators accountable.

Both the Sudanese military and the RSF have increasingly relied on combat drones and loitering munitions to carry out targeted attacks and break battlefield stalemates, frequently inflicting heavy civilian casualties in residential zones.

The war between the army and the RSF, which erupted in April 2023 over a planned integration of the two forces, has displaced more than 10 million people and pushed parts of the country into famine.