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Symbolic image: Rights group blames Sudan's army for drone strike on Darfur courtSymbolic image

Rights group blames Sudan's army for drone strike on Darfur court

2 sources

A drone strike on a traditional court in the North Darfur village of Garra al-Zawaya killed at least 35 people on Sunday. The rights group Emergency Lawyers blames Sudan's army.

What happened

  • Emergency Lawyers says the strike hit at about 1pm local time (11:00 GMT), during hearings on local cases and disputes.
  • A witness told AFP the session was being held under a tree with community leaders; the court building was damaged.
  • Among the dead were four tribal leaders and two RSF commanders, the same witness said.
  • The RSF-run administration put the toll at 37 killed and 50 wounded.
  • Garra al-Zawaya, under RSF control, lies near Kabkabiya, about 150 km west of el-Fasher.

The view from outside

Le Monde reports that the army had not responded to the accusation, and adds that RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, after losing a strategic highway linking Khartoum to el-Obeid last week, told his fighters in a video message they could consider themselves "freed from all constraint".

What could happen next

  • Responsibility is unclaimed and the tolls, ranging from 35 to 37 dead, are not independently verified.
  • The UN warns that RSF advances at el-Obeid and across Kordofan could bring large-scale atrocities; a ground offensive is feared.
  • UN investigators found the RSF capture of el-Fasher in October bore "the hallmarks of genocide"; both sides face war crimes accusations.
  • The UN counted more than 1,000 civilians killed in drone strikes in the first five months of this year.
How the camps see it

  • Sudanese army: Did not immediately respond to the accusation; holds the north, east and centre of the country.

  • Rapid Support Forces: Its self-declared government condemned the strike as a "horrible crime" and controls the village and much of Darfur.

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