Madar (Nyala) - At least 21 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a drone strike on a market in Nyala, in Sudan's Darfur region, on the evening of Monday, October 26, 2026, AFP reported, citing a medical source and witnesses, according to Al Jazeera English.
A Nyala resident said the attack took place at about 8pm (18:00 GMT) at a market in the north of the city. "Twenty-one people were killed in last night's bombing, and more than 40 others injured," a medic at Nyala Hospital said on Tuesday. Another resident said the market was frequented by armed men, particularly Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters.
Nyala serves as the de facto capital of the RSF, which has declared an administration there rivalling the military-backed, internationally recognised government. The source did not say who carried out the strike, but noted that the Sudanese army, at war with the RSF since April 2023, regularly strikes the city.
As both sides increasingly turn to drone warfare, the national electricity company told AFP on condition of anonymity that an RSF drone attack on Tuesday targeted the al-Markhiyat transformer station, disrupting power supplies for millions across large parts of Khartoum and Gezira state.
That followed coordinated RSF drone strikes on six power stations on Monday, which cut off electricity to millions in the states of Gezira, White Nile, Sennar and Gadarif, according to the same source.
The war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced more than 13 million and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.
