More than 100 people were killed and 113 injured in a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, rights group Emergency Lawyers said. Separately, a drone attack disrupted electricity across Khartoum, worsening Sudan’s deepening humanitarian crisis.
More than 100 people were killed and 113 injured in a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, a rights group said on Tuesday, as escalating drone attacks in the country’s ongoing civil war continued to take a devastating toll on civilians.
Emergency Lawyers, a group monitoring violence in Sudan, said the strike took place on Monday evening and that many of the victims were women and children. It blamed the Sudanese military for the attack and called for an independent investigation.
The group condemned the strike, saying it had turned a civilian marketplace into a scene of mass casualties and further worsened the suffering of residents amid the ongoing conflict.
Doctors Without Borders, also known as Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF), said 36 bodies had arrived at its hospital in Nyala, while around 150 injured people were seen in its emergency room.
Nyala is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting the Sudanese military since April 2023. Both sides have increasingly used explosive-laden drones, with strikes hitting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, markets, dams and displacement camps.
The United Nations has warned that drone attacks have become one of the deadliest threats to civilians in Sudan, killing people, including children, and disrupting essential services.
KHARTOUM FACES POWER OUTAGES AFTER DRONE STRIKE
In a separate incident, large parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, were left without electricity for more than 12 hours on Tuesday following a drone strike on a major transformer station in Omdurman, on the outskirts of the capital.
The attack on the Al-Markhiyat transformer station disrupted power supplies, leaving hospitals and bakeries dependent on generators and restricting water supplies. An electricity company official told the Associated Press that the strike could affect around 60 per cent of the capital’s power supply, with water stations likely to be among the worst affected.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, blamed the RSF for the attack, which he said was the second strike on the station this year.
The state-run Sudanese Electricity Distribution Company acknowledged serious damage and technical faults across the distribution network, including at several major stations and power lines. It said technical teams were working around the clock to restore electricity and warned that power rationing would continue for longer than usual until repairs were completed.
Residents reported severe disruptions to daily life. One resident in southern Khartoum said he had been without electricity and water for 17 hours, raising concerns about preserving his insulin supply, which requires refrigeration. He also warned that bakery closures could worsen bread shortages and push prices higher.
Drone attacks in Khartoum had become less frequent after the Sudanese military regained control of the capital in May 2025, following years of intense fighting. However, the latest strike has renewed concerns over the vulnerability of essential infrastructure.
