Sudan's army says it downed a drone that crossed from Ethiopia over Blue Nile; death toll from strike on displaced people in Kurmuk rises to 16
Sudan's army said its air defences shot down a long-range drone over the Dandaro area of Blue Nile state on November 13, alleging that the aircraft had crossed into Sudan from Ethiopia. It was the army's second such claim this month; it said on November 3 that it had downed another strategic drone that entered Blue Nile from Ethiopia. The army's statement did not say who operated the drone or what it was targeting, and gave no evidence of where the aircraft had come from.
Separately, the death toll from a drone strike on displaced civilians at Bani Shako in Kurmuk county, Blue Nile, has risen to 16, with six others wounded and several people still missing, according to a local official on November 14. The updated toll follows an earlier report on November 10 that nine civilians had been killed. The official accused the Rapid Support Forces of carrying out the strike; the allegation has not been independently verified, and no response from the RSF was immediately available.
Blue Nile state borders Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region and has become one of the main fronts of the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces and their allies, including the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North.
Source: Sudanese Armed Forces
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Photo: 图：苏丹青尼罗州的位置示意（旗帜地图），该州位于苏丹东南部、与埃塞俄比亚接壤。来源：Burjkh，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0。 / Photo: Flag-map showing Blue Nile state in southeastern Sudan, bordering Ethiopia. Source: Burjkh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
