Sudan: Dead in drone attack on market in Sudan's Darfur region

According to hospital sources, 21 people were killed in a drone attack on a market in the Darfur region of Sudan.

40 other people were injured in the attack in the city of Nyala, which is controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, on Monday evening, a representative of the local hospital told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. He could not say how many of the victims were fighters from the RSF militia, who, according to an eyewitness, are regularly found at the market.

In mid-October, 30 people were killed in a drone attack on a livestock market in Nyala. The RSF militia blamed the army for the attack.

Meanwhile, in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, RSF militia drones hit a power plant on Tuesday, according to local reports. The drones targeted a substation and thus disrupted the power supply in large parts of the states of Khartoum and Al-Jazeera, AFP learned from circles at the state electricity company. There had already been attacks on five power plants in Sudan on Tuesday, which led to massive power outages in four states.

In Sudan, the army of military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF militia of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo have been fighting bitterly for more than three years. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict in Africa's third largest country and millions are fleeing. Both sides are accused of war crimes, including attacks on civilians. The RSF in particular is accused of systematic sexual violence and massacres against non-Arab populations in the Darfur region.

According to the UN, the conflict has led to the world's largest humanitarian crisis. In September, the aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned of a complete collapse of the health system.

There has been fighting, murder and starvation in Sudan for more than three years; it is an all-consuming war. The Nuba Mountains in the south of the country were considered one of the last refuges. But now the drones are circling here too.