Khartoum (AFP) - Two children were killed and 12 others were injured on Wednesday in an air strike from a drone attributed to the Rapid Support Forces that targeted a religious school in a city in North Kordofan state that is under the control of the army, according to what a medical source told Agence France-Presse.
Published on: 02/11/2026 - 11:43
An eyewitness reported that the raid targeted a religious school in the city of Al-Rahad, and attributed the attack to the Rapid Support Forces, which have been waging a war with the Sudanese army since April 2023. He indicated that he saw 12 wounded following the raid.
Kordofan, a vast, fertile, oil-rich region, is currently the most affected front in the conflict that has been devastating Sudan for nearly three years.
Al-Rahad is located near Al-Obeid, a strategic city on the road linking western Sudan to the capital, Khartoum, which the Rapid Support Forces are currently seeking to control after retaking Al-Fasher in October, the last army stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.
More than 115,000 people have been displaced from Kordofan since then, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The war in Sudan resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people and the displacement of about 11 million, causing what the United Nations described as “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
© 2026 AFP
The content you want to browse is no longer in service or is currently unavailable.
