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A drone strike on a town in Sudan’s Darfur region hit a wedding party, killing at least 30 civilians, including women and children, the United Nations said Thursday.
The Associated Press reports that Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN’s secretary-general, said during a briefing that the wedding ceremony was in the town of Kutum in North Darfur.
The strike is the latest in an intensifying dronefare between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been at war since April 2023. The nearly three-year conflict in Sudan killed more than 10,000 people, according to UN figures, but aid groups say the true number could be much higher.
The Emergency Lawyers, a local rights group, and Resistance Committees in el-Fasher, a grassroots group tracking the war, blamed the Wednesday attack on the Sudanese Armed Forces in statements released on Thursday on social media.
The army did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
