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Over 200 Killed in Drone Strikes on Mourners and Market in Sudan

AI SUMMARY

Over 200 people, including mourners and marketgoers, have been killed in recent drone strikes across Sudan's West Kordofan and Abyei regions.

More than 200 people have been killed in drone strikes attributed to the Sudanese military.
A total of 150 people were killed in two separate attacks on Sunday evening in West Kordofan.
A truck carrying 200 mourners and a mourning tent were hit in Al-Dabab, resulting in 145 deaths in the truck and 5 in the tent.
An additional 150 people were wounded in the West Kordofan incidents.
In the contested Abyei region, 73 people were killed in a Monday drone strike on a marketplace.
A military source stated the Sudanese army carried out the Abyei market strike because the location served as an RSF fuel supply point.
South Sudan summoned the Sudanese ambassador to lodge an official protest over the Abyei strike.
The UN reported that the conflict has displaced over 14 million people and left 20 million facing severe hunger.
Doctors Without Borders admitted 20 wounded individuals to Ameth Bek Hospital in Abyei town.