{"id":2372,"date":"2026-06-15T20:33:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:33:48","slug":"drone-strikes-kill-over-1000-civilians-in-sudan-in-the-first-5-months-of-2026-un-rights-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=2372","title":{"rendered":"Drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first 5 months of 2026, UN rights chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><p><strong>CAIRO<\/strong> | Drone strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians in war-torn Sudan in the first five months of 2026, a senior United Nations official said Monday as the unmanned aerial vehicles turn the conflict deadlier for civilians.<\/p>\n<p>U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk said his office has documented a \u201csharp increase\u201d in drone attacks as well as rape and sexual violence in the Sudan war, now in its fourth year.<\/p>\n<p>He said his office registered the killing of over 1,000 civilians by drone strikes between January and May this year.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn Sudan, the horrific conflict has expanded and escalated, marked by a sharp increase in the use of drone warfare,\u201d T\u00fcrk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>The war in the northeastern African country broke out on April 15, 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The war killed at least 59,000 people over the course of three years, according to the Armed Conflict Location &amp; Event Data Project, known as ACLED. The U.S.-based war-tracking group, however, said the actual toll was almost certainly higher, given reporting difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>At least 2,670 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in 2025, marking a 600% increase in drone-related deaths and an 81% increase in drone attacks compared to 2024, according to ACLED.<\/p>\n<p>The latest drone strike by the paramilitary group last week killed at least 15 people after hitting a cemetery and a gas station in the central city of el-Obeid, health officials said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Both warring parties have increasingly launched explosive-laden drones that, in multiple cases, targeted civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, dams, schools, markets, and displacement camps. 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