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Drone attacks kill three children in Khartoum and dozens in Kordofan
A drone attack killed three children in Imtidad Nasser, a neighbourhood in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.
The children were aged two, four and six, and a rights group blamed the attack on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF.
Sudan’s military and the RSF have been at war since 2023, when fighting erupted in Khartoum and spread across the country.
In separate drone strikes over the weekend, the military reportedly killed dozens of civilians in West Kordofan, including women and children.
The group Emergency Lawyers condemned the attacks and said they should be investigated, while the RSF had not commented on the strike in Khartoum.
The conflict has displaced about 13 million people, and the United Nations says 33.7 million people in Sudan need aid this year.
The United States has urged the U.N. Security Council to push for a humanitarian truce and broaden an arms embargo, but China and Russia opposed expanding the embargo.
A drone attack in Khartoum killed three children, aged two, four and six, on Monday, October 19, 2026, a rights group said.
The group blamed the strike on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF); the RSF did not immediately comment.
In separate drone attacks in West Kordofan over the weekend, dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed, according to the group.
The group said Sudan’s military carried out the Kordofan attacks and called them violations of international humanitarian law.
The strikes occurred amid Sudan’s war between the military and the RSF, which began in April 2023.
- Who
- Three children were killed in Khartoum; dozens of civilians were killed in West Kordofan. The attacks were blamed on the RSF in Khartoum and Sudan’s military in Kordofan.
- What
- Drone attacks killed three children in the capital and dozens of civilians in Kordofan.
- When
- The Khartoum attack happened Monday, October 19, 2026. The Kordofan attacks took place Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18.
- Where
- Imtidad Nasser, east of Khartoum’s airport, and the al-Muglad market and Al-Dabab area in West Kordofan.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Sudan’s war began as tensions between the military and the RSF erupted into open fighting in Khartoum.
A drone attack struck a market in al-Muglad, West Kordofan, according to Emergency Lawyers.
Drones struck the Al-Dabab area in West Kordofan, according to Emergency Lawyers.
A drone attack in Imtidad Nasser, Khartoum, killed three children.
- Children killed in Khartoum
- Three, aged two, four and six
- Khartoum neighbourhood
- Imtidad Nasser, east of the airport
- West Kordofan locations
- al-Muglad market and Al-Dabab area
- Conflict began
- April 2023
- Conflict deaths
- At least 59,000, according to ACLED
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What people are saying
Shortly after, the drone went down, and we heard an explosion near the airport,
serious violation