# At least 19 prisoners killed in suspected RSF drone strike on Sudan prison in Kordofan
By IO Digest Desk
Authorities in Sudan said a suspected drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hit a prison in the country’s southern Kordofan region on 2025-05-10, killing at least 19 prisoners.
The strike was reported by CTV News, which said the prison was struck in the southern region of Kordofan and that the attack took place on Saturday. The report described the assailant as the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese army in a war that has already pushed the country into a prolonged humanitarian crisis.
The available evidence is limited, but the incident fits a pattern of repeated attacks on civilian and detention sites during Sudan’s more than two-year conflict. The prison strike stands out because of the concentration of casualties in a closed facility and because it adds to an already severe toll from the war.
The CTV report said at least 19 prisoners were killed. No higher death toll was available in the supplied evidence, and the excerpt did not provide a full casualty breakdown, the prison name, or an independent verification of the strike method. Even so, the reported incident is another indication of how the conflict has spread beyond front lines and into locations where civilians and detainees are exposed to attack.
Kordofan has been one of several regions affected by fighting, displacement and infrastructure damage as the conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese military continues. Prison facilities are especially vulnerable in that environment because they can be difficult to defend and because any strike can rapidly become a mass-casualty event.
The supplied evidence does not indicate whether the prison held political detainees, criminal inmates, or people held in connection with the war. It also does not say whether there were injuries beyond the reported deaths, or whether rescue work was under way after the strike.
Still, the attack is a stark reminder of the war’s widening reach. A prison strike suggests that detention sites, like hospitals, markets and neighborhoods, remain exposed to the same weapons and tactics that have made the Sudan conflict one of the most destructive in Africa.
As of the event date, the only supplied source describes the strike as suspected and attributes it to the RSF. No additional corroborating source was included in the packet, so the article below stays with the verified minimum: a reported strike, at least 19 deaths, and the location in Kordofan.
