Madar (International) - Drone strikes that hit a busy market on Monday in Nyala, the South Darfur capital and stronghold of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killed more than 100 people and wounded 113, mostly women and children, the rights group Emergency Lawyers said, Al Jazeera and the Associated Press reported on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
The Sudan Doctors Network on Wednesday gave a preliminary toll of 21 dead and more than 40 wounded. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said a second strike hit a residential neighbourhood and that a hospital it supports received 36 bodies, 21 in civilian clothing, while its teams saw more than 150 wounded. "Markets, homes, and key civilian infrastructure are not targets," MSF said.
Witnesses told the AP that hundreds of RSF fighters had gathered at the market that evening. Mohamed Didan, spokesperson for army-aligned Special Operations Forces, said a "precise and targeted air strike" killed more than 150 "militia recruits" at Dumaya camp, west of Nyala.
The figures could not be independently verified. The United Nations says drone strikes have become the leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan, where the war between the army and the RSF is in its fourth year.
