At least 40 people have been killed and 25 injured in a drone strike by military forces in southern Sudan.

At least 40 people were killed and 25 wounded when bullets hit a sports club near the Transportation Corps headquarters in Dilling, northwest of the city, on Tuesday night, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Algunos de los hitidos fueron trasladados al hospital military, while others al Hospital Universitario de Dilling, dijeron, y agadirone que también hubo bajas entre los militares del Ejército en el cuartel general del Cuerpo de Transporte, pero se desconoce el numero exacto, ya que la zone fue cordonada y se prohibió el acceso a los civiles.

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The move comes amid ongoing military operations in Kordofan del Sur and fears that the widening conflict could further strain the country’s humanitarian situation.

Two years of siege

The rebel group Movimiento de Liberation del Pueblo de Sudan-Norte (SPLM-N, in English), an ally of the FAR and the paramilitary coalition, besieged the capitals of Kordofan del Sur state, Kadugli, and Dilling for more than two years, and since then, the conflict has not stopped moving towards the two cities.

En la jornada de ayer martes, the SPLM-N announced its fuerzas junto con las FAR.Kiga al Takatoa, Al Balf and Khayar Dleyba can be monitored.de importanta strategica en el estado Kordofán del Sur” en el marco de sus operaciones para seguir avanzando en ese extenso estado meridional de Sudan.

After the capture of Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, the FAR has occupied almost all of Darfur and is now focusing its military campaign in the eastern Kordofan region, where the Sudanese army is trying to stop the advance of paramilitaries in this strategic area, which will give access to the north and east of the country.

The war in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced more than 13 million people and left more than half of the population facing acute food insecurity, according to the United Nations.