{"id":87947,"date":"2025-12-14T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sudan-drone-strike-in-kadugli-kills-6-un-peacekeepers"},"modified":"2025-12-14T17:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:57:03","slug":"sudan-drone-strike-in-kadugli-kills-6-un-peacekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sudan-drone-strike-in-kadugli-kills-6-un-peacekeepers","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: Drone strike in Kadugli kills 6 UN peacekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>The strike hit the U.N. peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Eight other peacekeepers were wounded. All the victims were Bangladeshi nationals serving in the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).<\/p>\n<p>Guterres expressed condolences to Bangladesh and the families of the fallen, and wished a swift recovery to the injured.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said attacks targeting U.N. peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law, and he reminded all parties to the conflict of their obligation to protect U.N. personnel and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reiterate my call on the warring parties to agree on an immediate cessation of hostilities and to resume talks to reach a lasting ceasefire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacks as the one today in South Kordofan against peacekeepers are unjustifiable. There will need to be accountability,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s interim leader Muhammad Yunus in a statement said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the attack, and put the toll at six dead and eight wounded.<\/p>\n<p>He asked the UN to ensure that his country\u2019s personnel were offered \u201cany necessary emergency support\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government of Bangladesh will stand by the families in this difficult moment,\u201d Yunus added.<\/p>\n<p>Dhaka\u2019s foreign ministry said it \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d the attack.<\/p>\n<p>UN peacekeepers are deployed to Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese army published a video on its Facebook page showing fires blazing and two columns of smoke rising from the UNISFA base.<\/p>\n<p>The army-aligned government based in Port Sudan issued a statement condemning the attack and accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of being behind it.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Sovereignty Council headed by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called the attack a \u201cdangerous escalation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The RSF in a statement on Telegram said it rejected \u201cthe claims and allegations&#8230; regarding an air attack that targeted the United Nations headquarters in Kadugli, and the accompanying false accusations against our forces of being behind it through the use of a drone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The RSF has been at war with the Sudanese military since April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan\u2019s war has so far killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and resulted in one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the U.N. peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, he said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded. 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