"A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the victims are Bangladeshi nationals, serving in the UN interim security force for Abyei (Unisfa)."
"Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law, said Guterres, who called for those responsible for the unjustifiable attack to be held accountable. The Sudanese military blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a notorious paramilitary group that has been at war with the army for control of the country for more than two years. There was no immediate comment from the RSF."
"The oil-rich Abyei is a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, and the UN mission has been deployed there since 2011, when South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan. Guterres also called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan to allow a comprehensive, inclusive and Sudanese-owned political process to settle the conflict in the north-east African country. Sudan was plunged into chaos in April 2023 when a power struggle between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting"
A drone strike hit a United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in Kadugli, Kordofan, killing six peacekeepers and wounding eight. All victims were Bangladeshi nationals serving in the UN interim security force for Abyei (Unisfa). Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law, and those responsible should be held accountable. The Sudanese military blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the strike; the RSF did not immediately comment. Abyei is an oil-rich disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where the UN mission has been deployed since 2011. The wider conflict between the military and RSF began in April 2023 and has killed over 40,000 people.
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