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“CAIRO (AP) — Drone strikes knocked out power substations in two northern Sudanese towns on Sunday, the latest in a week of attacks on electricity stations across army-held areas that Sudan’s government and a rights group blamed on the paramilitary Rapid…”

“Military drone strikes in southwestern Sudan’s Darfur that killed more than 100 people – mostly women and children – earlier this week targeted a busy city market frequented by paramilitary fighters, witnesses said.”

“More than 100 people were killed in a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, the capital city of the South Darfur province in southwestern Sudan, said Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence in the country, in a statement on…”

““Since February 2026, armed drones have taken off from Ethiopian soil … to strike Sudanese cities and civilians,” the report said.”

“Humanitarian monitoring had indicated an increase in civilian deaths, including those linked to difficulties accessing food, healthcare and shelter, as well as casualties from attacks and violations, including drone strikes.”

“From drone attacks to online harassment and legal intimidation, the methods of silencing reporters are multiplying, with little fear of punishment.”

“The United Nations says drone strikes have become the leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan’s war.”

“Drone strike on market in disputed Sudan border region kills at least 153 Sudanese military officer acknowledges targeting fuel trucks bound for RSF paramilitaries as inferno engulfs civilian stalls in Abyei A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border…”

“In short: South Sudan has accused Sudan of killing 153 people in a drone strike on a market in disputed territory.”

“Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150 A drone strike near a market in Abyei has killed at least 150 people.”

“A drone strike in Sudan killed dozens of people, including children, said a rights group.”

“CAIRO (AP) — A drone strike blamed on Sudan’s notorious paramilitaries hit a gathering of displaced people on the border with Ethiopia and killed 41, a rights group said.”

“Sudan's warring sides have traded drone strikes that killed 21 people in the western Darfur region and left vast swathes of the country's east without electricity, medics and witnesses said on Tuesday (October 27, 2026).”

“Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a government official said.”

“Early battles have taken place along a critical commercial route leading east to the port of Djibouti, while drone strikes were carried out around the army’s main airbase near the capital, Addis Ababa.”

“The political dispute was accompanied by growing military tensions, including reports of sporadic clashes and drone strikes in parts of Tigray.”

“According to the conflict monitor ACLED, clashes between Tigrayan and federal forces began near the Sudanese border on August 1, followed by federal drone strikes and Tigrayan troop deployments.”

“Saudi Arabia has stepped up its military involvement in Yemen in recent weeks, launching strikes against the Houthis and backing a Yemeni government counter-offensive after the group seized strategic territory along the Red Sea coast in September.”

“Saudi Arabia has stepped up its military involvement in Yemen in recent weeks, launching strikes against the Houthis and backing a Yemeni government counteroffensive after the group seized strategic territory along the Red Sea coast last month.”

“The statement, which did not assign blame for the attack, said the dead included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese.”

“Drone strikes and artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which had besieged the city, were escalating.”

““The continuation of the war [in Sudan], particularly drone attacks that threaten infrastructure across Sudan, is one of the main challenges facing the oil sector,””

“Ties deepened after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with Iran sharing Shahed drone technology that enabled Russia to build its own version.”

“Senators hold call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky Senators who organised a call with Volodymyr Zelensky said he confirmed that critical Starlink services remain degraded, impeding Ukraine's ability to intercept Russian drones.”

““Russia’s war on Ukraine is nearing its fifth year, and Ukrainians are bracing for another winter under drone and missile strikes, driving civilian casualties and devastating critical infrastructure.”

“Separately, the human rights group Emergency Lawyers said in a post on X that a market was hit on Friday in Nyala and the drone used was “affiliated” with the Sudanese army.”

“Conflict monitor ACLED said that Ethiopian drone strikes targeted a hotel in Adwa on October 4, wounding between “five and nine people, including security personnel”, who were taken to hospital.”

“Government-allied forces have reported capturing Idaga Hamus and Abiy-Adi, while explosions and alleged drone strikes have been reported near Adigrat.”

“Alongside warnings from the International Criminal Court (ICC) of further “mass atrocities” unfolding in El Obeid, a central Sudanese city of 500,000 people, drone attacks in the west of Sudan have been edging steadily closer to the border with Chad this year.”

“The United Nations Human Rights Council has condemned drone strikes and other attacks on civilians in Sudan, warning warring parties that there is “no military solution to the crisis” in the country.”

“If reports that link the drone attacks to an anti-government alliance are fully verified, the attacks could be highly significant for the current outlook: Anti-government groups have never demonstrated the ability to strike Addis Ababa with drones before —…”

“Last week, Tigrayan forces mounted a large offensive, which the TPLF calls a “defensive war” against federal drone and artillery strikes.”

“They condemned a drone strike on a truck carrying US-funded food aid for displaced people in northwestern Tigray in which the Ethiopian military is suspected, and accused the Tigrayan forces of undermining the region’s interim government, refusing to disarm,…”

“Sidhwa said, recalling the March 23, 2025, strike that hit the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.”

“Sudan's RSF steps up deadly drone attacks on frontline cities UM RUWABA, Sudan, Sept 23 - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have intensified deadly drone attacks in government-held towns in the frontline state of North Kordofan, disrupting normal life…”

“These attacks include the suspected US strikes on an Iranian school that killed 120 school children, an attack which the UN last week determined could amount to a war crime.”

“…oil supply.Saudi Arabia's crucial East-West oil pipeline by drone strikes earlier this month believed to have been conducted by Iran-backed militias operating in Iraq, although no group has taken credit for the attacks.The Houthis have attempted a blockade on…”

“In Ukraine, drone attacks on schools increased by 358 per cent last year, while drone attacks accounted for the vast majority of child casualties in Sudan in the first months of this year.”

“Russian aerial attacks increased significantly, launching thousands of drones.”

“The Yemeni military’s reserve Nation Shield Force also claimed on Sunday that the reserve’s 6th Brigade had downed five drones during clashes in the al-Aghbara area, according to a report by Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency.”

“At the United Nations Security Council on Monday, the United States proposed what Sudan’s war urgently requires: extending the U.N. arms embargo from Darfur to the entire country and explicitly bringing drones and related technologies within its scope.”

“A surge in RSF drone strikes on El Obeid and nearby areas in June led the UN to warn that the city could face a repeat of what happened in El Fasher.”

“The new push comes against the backdrop of drones and other technologies used in the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflicts in the Middle East, Sudan and other places.”

“In March, drone strikes hit Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least three people including a French aid worker, while aid convoys in Sudan and Ukraine have been repeatedly hit.”