The UN High Commissioner, Volker Truk said on Thursday that he was appalled by the surging number of civilians being killed in drone attacks in Sudan since March 4.
As per the reports, the drone attacks have claimed the lives of more than 200 people in the Kordofan region and White Nile State.
“It is deeply troubling that despite multiple reminders, warnings, and appeals, parties to the conflict in Sudan continue to use increasingly powerful drones to deploy explosive weapons with wide-area impacts in populated areas,” Türk said in a statement.
“I renew my call on them to abide fully by international humanitarian law in their use of these weapons, particularly the clear prohibition on directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects and infrastructure, and against any form of indiscriminate attacks,” he added.
The reports say that at least 152 civilians have been killed in drone strikes that have been pounded by the Sudanese Armed Forces. Furthermore, at least 50 people died on March 4, following the strikes on the market and hospital in Al Mughlad.
Additionally, two more separate markets in Abu Zabad and Wad Banda on March 7 claimed the lives of at least 40 civilians. The attack marked that a lorry carrying civilians was allegedly hit by an SAF drone in Al Sunut on March 10, which killed at least 50 people, which included women and children.
Meanwhile, in South Kordofan, 39 civilians were killed in heavy attacks allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces.
The attack also resulted in the damage and destruction of homes, schools, and markets, which escalated the sufferings of civilians and local communities.
A secondary school and a health clinic in Shukeiri were hit on March 11, reportedly killing at least 17 civilians, including a health worker. Several other drone attacks have struck the state capital, Kosti, since March 4. In one such attack on March 9, a drone hit a university dormitory, reportedly injuring seven students, some of them critically.
“It will soon be three full years since the senseless conflict in Sudan began, devastating millions of lives and livelihoods,” Türk said.
“Yet the violence, fueled by these new technologies of war, simply keeps spreading. It is high time it came to an end. The Sudanese people have already suffered far too much,” he added.
