A drone strike near a courthouse in central Sudan kills at least 13 people and wounds more than 20, according to medical sources and witnesses. The attack happens outside the courthouse in Umm Rawaba, a town held by Sudan’s army, on Tuesday. A hospital source says the death toll reaches 13 and that 22 injured people are being treated, revising an earlier figure of 12.
Multiple outlets describe the strike as part of an ongoing campaign of drone attacks in the country’s war. Both reports link the attack to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). They frame it as the latest incident in an escalating pattern involving drones used by both the RSF and the Sudanese army, which have been fighting since April 2023. Al Jazeera’s report focuses on the court context and cites injuries exceeding 20, while Al-Monitor includes the updated hospital tally and the town’s army-held status.
