Drone strike on Nyala market kills at least 21

A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, killed at least 21 people and injured dozens on Monday evening, a medical source told AFP, in a city controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Why it matters: Nyala is one of the largest cities in Darfur and an RSF stronghold, and a mass casualty strike on a market there adds to the civilian toll of a war between Sudan's army and the RSF that has killed tens of thousands since April 2023.

Data as of The casualty figures rest on a single medical source speaking to AFP, carried by Arab News and Al Jazeera on October 27, 2026 and read in full in this run: Arab News put the injured at 40, while a medic at Nyala Hospital, via Al Jazeera, said more than 40 were injured. Neither the Sudanese army nor the RSF had commented in the reporting read, and no party is directly attributed with carrying out the strike in that reporting. Grade C. Developing item.

A drone strike hit a market in the north of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in western Sudan, at about 8 p.m. on Monday, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 40, a medical source told AFP, with a medic at Nyala Hospital putting the injured at more than 40. Nyala, one of the largest cities in Darfur, is the de facto capital of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have fought Sudan’s army since April 2023. A resident told AFP the market was frequented by armed men, particularly RSF fighters.

Neither the army nor the RSF had commented in the reporting read, and that reporting does not directly attribute the strike to either side, noting only that the Sudanese military regularly strikes Nyala. The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and pushed parts of Sudan into famine, according to the United Nations.

Drone strike on Nyala market kills at least 21

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