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Sudan rights groups blame RSF paramilitary for drone strikes that hit civilians

Sudanese refugees carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of El Fasher, Darfur, in April 2010.
Sudanese refugees carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of El Fasher, Darfur, in April 2010. © AP - Nasser Nasser

Drone strikes blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 23 civilians and wounded 19 others in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, local monitoring groups have said, as the use of armed drones continues to spread across the country in its more than three-year war.

The attacks began on Wednesday evening and targeted residential areas near an army base, a cemetery where a funeral gathering was taking place and other civilian locations, according to Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese rights group.

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