France, June 12 -- 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.

The strikes are the latest in a growing wave of drone attacks by both sides in Sudan's conflict, which began in April 2023 between the army and RSF paramilitary rebels.

The United Nations said in May that armed drones now account for more than 80 percent of civilian deaths linked to the war. 'Widespread pattern'

Emergency Lawyers said 23 civilians were killed and 19 wounded in El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, overnight on Wednesday. Homes near the headquarters of the army's Fifth Inf...