Rapid Support Forces Bomb White Nile Using Drones; Doctors Without Borders Treats 167 Wounded in Kordofan and Darfur

A Sudanese army source told Al Jazeera that a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone struck the city of Al-Duwaym in White Nile State.

“A source in the Sudanese army told Al Jazeera that a drone belonging to the Rapid Support Forces targeted the city of Al-Duweim in White Nile State, while the organization Doctors Without Borders said it had recently treated dozens wounded by fire from Rapid Support Forces drones”

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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says its teams have treated dozens of people wounded by drone strikes across Sudan.

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MSF reports that, in the first two weeks of February, its teams treated 167 patients with penetrating chest and abdominal wounds, multiple limb fractures, head trauma and shrapnel wounds linked to drone raids in Kordofan and Darfur.

The combined reporting highlights both a specific strike reported in White Nile and a broader pattern of drone casualties treated by MSF in other states.

MSF describes the severity and nature of the wounds it treated: penetrating chest and abdominal injuries, multiple limb fractures, head trauma and shrapnel wounds, including cases with extensive facial injuries and amputations.

MSF medical staff cited a nine-year-old boy with major facial wounds, shrapnel in his eye and two amputated fingers as an example of the level of harm clinicians are seeing.

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That clinical detail underlines MSF's portrayal of drone strikes as producing catastrophic, often mutilating injuries among civilians.

MSF documents specific strike incidents that resulted in mass casualties and cross-border medical flows.

“Home|News and stories Drone attacks carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are hitting civilian areas and critical infrastructures, including schools, markets, healthcare facilities and water sources, across Sudan”

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It reports SAF strikes on a fuel market in Adikong, West Darfur that sent 18 injured people, including four women and three children, into Adré in eastern Chad on February 15.

It also reports two RSF strikes in western Sudan that brought 29 injured people to an MSF-supported hospital in Tine on February 6.

MSF reported at least 10 people were killed in those incidents, with four of the deaths occurring at the hospital.

These incident reports situate the 167 treated patients within named attacks and show displacement of the wounded to neighbouring countries for care.

MSF frames the strikes as not limited to military targets and as a 'blatant disregard for international humanitarian law,' calling for the immediate protection of civilians and warning that civilians and humanitarian workers are at grave risk.

Al-Jazeera relays MSF's assessment while reporting the RSF strike on Al-Duwaym.

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doctorswithoutborders.ca repeats MSF's call for protection, and together these sources convey both the medical and legal concern raised by MSF across different source types.

Taken together, the sources show complementary but distinct perspectives.

“Related Related Drone attacks carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are hitting civilian areas and critical infrastructure acrossSudan, including schools, crowded markets, health care facilities, and water sources”

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Al-Jazeera provides on-the-ground sourcing for a named RSF strike in White Nile.

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MSF (and its .ca release) provide aggregated clinical data, individual patient testimony, incident lists and an explicit legal judgment that the strikes violate protections for civilians.

The differences reflect source type: a West Asian outlet relaying a local army source on a discrete strike versus MSF's organizational reporting that centers health impacts, case numbers and humanitarian appeals.