KHARTOUM, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Nine displaced people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday after drones targeted a group of civilians in Sudan's southeastern Blue Nile State, a local official said.
The attack occurred when a group of displaced people was travelling from the village of Bani Shako in Kurmuk locality towards Damazin, the capital city of Blue Nile, Kurmuk Commissioner Abdel Ati Mohamed al-Faki told Xinhua by phone, attributing the attack to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), meanwhile, intensified its air operations against positions belonging to the RSF and its ally Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North in several areas of the region, according to a Sudanese military source.
Drone attacks on residential gatherings and villages in Kurmuk have increased in recent months, causing civilian casualties and waves of displacement towards Damazin.
Sudan has been gripped by an armed conflict between the SAF and the RSF since mid-April 2023, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced internally and across borders. ■