Drone attacks kill scores in Sudan's West Kordofan state and capital Khartoum

France 24 reports that at least 80 people were killed in a drone strike near a market in Sudan’s southern West Kordofan state, a medical source and a witness said Monday, in one of the deadliest single attacks since the Sudan war erupted in 2023.

A separate drone attack Monday in the capital Khartoum killed four, including three children.

The story is also being covered by The Guardian. The Guardian adds: Ahmed Wadi, a witness, said the attack in the town of al-Dibab in West Kordofan state left “50 bodies who I helped bury, one of them my own brother Mohamed”.

This world story centres on Sudan. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Sudan's West Kordofan, Khartoum and West Kordofan.

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Key details

Location

Sudan · Africa

Reported by

France 24 and The Guardian

First reported

19 Oct 2026, 19:30 IST

Key names

Sudan's West Kordofan, Khartoum, West Kordofan, Ahmed Wadi

Section

World

Sources

This is an independent summary. Read the full, original reporting from the publishers:

• France 24Drone attacks kill scores in Sudan's West Kordofan state and capital Khartoum 19 Oct, 19:30
• The GuardianDrone attack near market kills 80 in Sudan 19 Oct, 20:15

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