The paramilitary group’s drone attack on a hospital in the city of El-Obeid resulted in 6 people killed. According to the UN, the conflict in Sudan has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The conflict between Sudan’s army and the RSF has been waging since April 2023Image: Ebrahim Hamid/AFP
A suspected drone attack in Sudan by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary hit a hospital, killing six people and wounding at least 12 in the city of El-Obeid.
An army source told the AFP news agency that the RSF attack targeted “residential areas of the city with heavy artillery,” also adding the bombardment had also hit a second hospital in the city. Right groups, the Emergency Lawyers, blamed the attack on the RSF.
The hospital was out of service as a result of the attack.
El-Obeid is a city located some 360 kilometers southwest of capital Khartoum. It was besieged by the RSF for almost two years, before the country’s army broke the siege in February.
The city has been under RSF bombardment ever since, due to it being key to the army’s supply route to the west, where the only city under army control is El-Fasher.
