Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead

UN secretary general António Guterres says ‘unjustifiable’ attack on base in city of Kadugli ‘could be war crime’ A drone s

trike has hit a United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, the UN secretary general António Guterres has said. Eight othe

r peacekeepers were wounded in the strike on Saturday in the city of Kadugli in the central region of Kordofan. All the vi

ctims are Bangladeshi nationals, serving in the UN interim security force for Abyei (Unisfa). “Attacks t

argeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” said Guterres, who called for those responsible for the “unjustifiable” attack to be held accountable. The Sudanese milit

ary blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a notorious paramilitary group that has been at war with the army for control of the country for more than two years. There was no immed

iate comment from the RSF. The attack “clearl

y reveals the subversive approach of the rebel militia and those behind it”, the military said. It posted a video on s

ocial media showing plumes of dense black smoke over what it said was the UN facility. The oil-rich Abyei is

a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, and the UN mission has been deployed there since 2011, when South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan. Guterres also called f