Muscat: The United Nations has warned that the continuation of drone strikes and other hostilities is endangering civilians and driving populations to flee their homes in the Darfur and Kordofan regions and Blue Nile State in Sudan. Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq explained that Blue Nile State yesterday witnessed drone attacks targeting vital facilities and resulting in civilian injuries, while the International Organization for Migration estimated that some 100,000 people had been displaced in the region since last January, an increase of 66 percent since late May.
According to Oman News Agency, reports indicated in North Darfur that several sites in the Al-Tina area on the border with Chad were subjected to drone strikes, while the International Organization for Migration recorded the displacement of some 1,200 people from two villages in El Fasher during the period from 10 to 13 September, alongside the displacement of more than 1,200 people from villages in the Um Baru area during the past week, with reports indicating that most of them crossed the border into Chad.
It was reported that West Darfur witnessed drone attacks on several sites last Saturday. Local sources reported that a drone targeted a fuel market in a town west of the state capital, while two other towns were subjected to bombardment, resulting in injuries.
The continued insecurity in the Kordofan region has exacerbated displacement and disrupted humanitarian operations. More than 7,000 people had arrived in the town of Al-Abbasiya in South Kordofan coming from surrounding villages during recent weeks.
