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Oct 11, 2026
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The United Nations expressed its concerns over reported drone strikes that killed civilians in Sudan's West Kordofan state.
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Drone strikes hit a building sheltering displaced families in the New Heart on October ninth.
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At least twelve civilians, including women and children, reportedly killed and eight others got injured.
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UN expressed deep concerns on Sunday over reports that drone strikes killed at least seventeen civilians, including women and children, in Sudan's West Kordofan state.
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, in Sudan said a drone strike reportedly hit a building sheltering displaced families in an New Heart on October ninth.
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At least twelve civilians, including women and children, were reportedly killed and eight others got injured, the office said so in a statement.
Derek DavisonHOST
And there, there was a report, uh, on Friday that the Sudanese military had seized the town of Al Mazrub, uh, which was, to that point, the main stronghold for the Rapid Support Forces militant group in North Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
It's also on the road, uh, to neighboring West Kordofan state, where the, uh, RSF is in much stronger position, uh, and through which it has been supplying the forces that it has remaining in North Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
This may be the Sudanese military's next target.
Derek DavisonHOST
The RSF is reportedly rallying its forces in West Kordofan in preparation for a potential attack by the Sudanese military.
Derek DavisonHOST
Uh, they did, uh, what they arguably do best, uh, on Tuesday.
Derek DavisonHOST
According to an activist group called the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee, they rolled into a village in West Kordofan state, uh, this is the RSF, and massacred, uh, the village, killed about ten people, and drove many, many others off, uh, while they are, you know, awaiting this, this advance from, from North Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
Um, there's also been fighting in Blue Nile State, I should add, but, but mainly the focus, uh, this week has been on the situation in Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
Uh, as you note, uh, Danny, the Sudanese military commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is what passes for a head of state, uh, in Sudan these days, reiterated on Tuesday in a speech, uh, to a crowd in, in northern Sudan, uh, that he has no intention of, of entering into peace talks.
Derek DavisonHOST
And there was a report on Friday that the Sudanese military had seized the town of Al-Mazrub, which was to that point the main stronghold for the Rapid Support Forces militant group in North Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
It's also on the road to neighboring West Kordofan state where the RSF is in much stronger position and through which it has been supplying the forces that it has remaining in North Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
This may be the Sudanese military's next target.
Derek DavisonHOST
The RSF is reportedly rallying its forces in West Kordofan in preparation for a potential attack by the Sudanese military.
Derek DavisonHOST
They did what they arguably do best on Tuesday, According to an activist group called the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee, they rolled into a village in West Kordofan State, this is the RSF, and massacred the village, killed about 10 people, drove many others off, while they are awaiting this advance from North Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
There's also been fighting in Blue Nile State, I should add, but mainly the focus this week has been on the situation in Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
As you note, Danny, the Sudanese military commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is what passes for a head of state in Sudan these days, reiterated on Tuesday in a speech to a crowd in northern Sudan, that he has no intention of entering into peace talks.
Derek DavisonHOST
Uh, the Joint Forces group has made gains in West Darfur in recent months, confounding the RSF's efforts to fully consolidate control of the Darfur region.
Derek DavisonHOST
Elsewhere, DropSite's Anub Alman reports that the RSF refused to aid rescue efforts amid a massive gold mine collapse in West Kordofan State last month.
Derek DavisonHOST
Let me read you a bit of this report.
Derek DavisonHOST
"Survivor Mohammed Al-Hassan said the miners asked the RSF for help and were turned away.
Derek DavisonHOST
A few days after the collapse, the RSF sealed off the area around the mine, local sources said, clearing out even the miners who were searching for their colleagues.
Derek DavisonHOST
No one has been allowed near the mine since.
Derek DavisonHOST
The RSF was itself a partner in running the mine, according to local miners, after they took control of West Kordofan State in December 2025.
Derek DavisonHOST
Gold is one of the main sources of revenue for both sides of Sudan's war, the national military, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and the RSF, according to conflict economy experts.
Derek DavisonHOST
In Africa and Sudan, the Sudanese military or SAF claimed on Friday to have seized the town of Al-Mazrub in North Kordofan State.
Derek DavisonHOST
This was reportedly the Rapid Support Forces militant group's main stronghold in the province, and seizing it may allow the SAF to cut off the remaining RSF fighters in North Kordofan [lips smack] from their supply lines in neighboring West Kordofan.
Derek DavisonHOST
On Saturday, the SAF claimed that its forces had repelled a major assault by RSF and Sudan People's Liberation Army-North militants in Blue Nile State near the Ethiopian border.
Derek DavisonHOST
And on Sunday, a drone strike hit a United Nations World Food Program convoy in South Kordofan State, killing at least one aid worker.
Rudy MartinezHOST
An army source called it the RSF's largest stronghold in the state.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Army Special Forces spokesman Mohammed Didan said the town links North and West Kordofan and that its capture advances the goal of cutting RSF supply lines.
Rudy MartinezHOST
The claim comes from the army alone.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Kordofan sits between army-held central Sudan and RSF-held Darfur.
Nora LoretoHOST
The Associated Press reports that there is only a single forklift available for rescue operations and it's privately owned.
Nora LoretoHOST
It all happened at the Alzara gold mine in Nuhud, West Kordofan province.
Nora LoretoHOST
The RSF is currently in control of West Kordofan.
Nora LoretoHOST
There are still dozens of people who are not accounted for.
Nora LoretoHOST
The Associated Press reports that the RSF is funded in part by smuggling gold out of the Kordofan and South Sudan regions.
Deborah AdorsuHOST
Rescue operations facing mass challenges in this latest tragedy downfalls against the backdrop of a prolonged national conflict which has crippled infrastructure and pushed vulnerable population to the brink.
Deborah AdorsuHOST
Disasters struck the Alzara gold mine located in Uhud, a town within the West Kordofan province.
Deborah AdorsuHOST
This region currently remains under the control of paramilitary rapid support forces.
Deborah AdorsuHOST
Fighting between the regional security and the Sudanese military has persisted for over three years, severely straining local resources and emergency response capabilities.
Nora LoretoHOST
The Associated Press reports that there is only a single forklift available for rescue operations and it's privately owned.
Nora LoretoHOST
It all happened at the Alzara gold mine in Nuhud, West Kordofan province.
Nora LoretoHOST
The RSF is currently in control of West Kordofan.
Nora LoretoHOST
There are still dozens of people who are not accounted for.
Nora LoretoHOST
The Associated Press reports that the RSF is funded in part by smuggling gold out of the Kordofan and South Sudan regions.
Deborah AdosoHOST
Rescue operations facing mass challenges in this latest tragedy downfalls against the backdrop of a prolonged national conflict which has crippled infrastructure and pushed vulnerable population to the brink.
Deborah AdosoHOST
Disasters struck the Alzara gold mine located in Uhud, a town within the West Kordofan province.
Deborah AdosoHOST
This region currently remains under the control of paramilitary rapid support forces.
Deborah AdosoHOST
Fighting between the regional security and the Sudanese military has persisted for over three years, severely straining local resources and emergency response capabilities.
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