Drone and artillery attacks hit western and southern Sudan as fighting spreads

# Drone and artillery attacks hit western and southern Sudan as fighting spreads

Drone strikes and artillery bombardment were reported across western and southern Sudan on the event date, with one local account saying more than 20 people were killed and 23 others wounded in Abu Zabad, West Kordofan. The evidence packet shows fighting intensifying in multiple regions even as civilian areas and supply routes come under pressure.

The Dabanga Sudan report says a Sudanese Armed Forces drone struck the Adikong market west of El Geneina in West Darfur, near the Adré border crossing with Chad, and that a second drone attack was reported on the weekly market in Sileia. Residents said the strike on the fuel market triggered large plumes of smoke and flames. Those are the verified details the article can safely use, and they show that markets and transport corridors are being hit during the conflict.

The source also says the RSF condemned the attack and described the Adré crossing as a vital corridor for food, medicine and humanitarian supplies. That is an important contextual claim because it explains why attacks in the border area matter beyond the immediate damage: they can impede aid into Sudan. The article should attribute that description to the RSF, not present it as independent confirmation.

In West Kordofan, the packet reports that Alaa Naqd, a spokesperson for the Sudan Founding Alliance, said a Sudanese Armed Forces drone strike on Abu Zabad on Wednesday evening killed more than 20 people and wounded 23 others. Because this is a quoted claim from a political alliance spokesperson rather than an independently verified casualty count, the article should present it carefully as reported. It is still a significant figure and should not be omitted, but the attribution matters.

The report also says shelling resumed in Dilling, South Kordofan, and that local sources blamed RSF forces alongside fighters from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu. The evidence does not give a casualty count for that shelling, so the article should avoid inventing one. Still, it shows the fighting is not confined to a single front and is affecting both markets and urban areas.

A separate line in the excerpt notes that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said the immediate risk of famine in Kadugli had eased, though severe hunger remains widespread. That matters because it places the military activity against a backdrop of already fragile food security. The article should keep the focus on the attacks, the reported deaths and injuries, and the disruption to humanitarian access.