Description: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the Al – Jabalain medical facility located in the West Nile province, killing more than 10 civilians and injuring additional 19. The attack on the hospital was conducted in two waves as civilians were being evacuated from the first drone attack, the second wave of explosions trapped the rescuing medical personnel. Another medical supply depot in Rabak, the capital of White Nile, was also targeted although no casualties were reported. The attacks mark the latest surge in drone bombardments which have mostly targeted civilians and infrastructure that had no evident ties to either warring party. Recent reports demonstrated that the civil war already started to spill into Chad, with RSF troops pursuing SAF soldiers across the Sudanese – Chadian border. Ethiopia is also accused of involvement, as several attacks on SAF outposts in the southeastern Sudan were perpetrated by RSF troops stationed in the border region between Ethiopia and Sudan.
Impact: Sudan’s civil war is rapidly moving towards expansion as the RSF and its proxy groups and nation – state supporters continue to intensify their support for the paramilitary group, stationing solders on their territory and enhancing supplies of high – end military equipment such as drones. Drone warfare has become central to the civil war, with both warring parties leveraging their foreign supplied military equipment. The targeting has been largely towards the civilian population in the country with mass casualties in both RSF and SAF controlled territories. Diplomatic efforts are virtually nonexistent presently with the focus of the international community on the war in Iran. The civil war would likely expand with the partition of Sudan emerging as a mid – term solution for ending the devastating hostilities between the RSF and the SAF.