In recent weeks, North Darfur State has witnessed a sharp and alarming escalation in aerial bombardments carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces, using both drones and warplanes. These attacks have followed a systematic pattern targeting densely populated civilian areas—particularly around the cities of El Fasher, Al-Kuma, and Tawisha. Field estimates indicate that Al-Kuma City alone has been subjected to at least five separate airstrikes over the past three months, most of which directly hit homes and civilian sites without distinction.
In the most recent incident, a drone operated by the Sudanese Armed Forces bombed Al-Kuma City—located approximately 76 kilometers northeast of El Fasher—at 10:20 a.m. local time on Saturday, October 11, 2025. The strike targeted the home of community leader Sheikh Ahmed Rabah Dshish, where a local reconciliation meeting (known as Joudiya) between two community groups was taking place.
The attack resulted in the killing of 16 civilians, including eight children, and injured 22 others, several of whom remain in critical condition due to a severe shortage of medical supplies at Al-Kuma Health Center. The victims were laid to rest in a mass grave in the city’s main cemetery amid scenes of deep sorrow and shock.
Among the dead were: Mousa Adam (55), Al-Sadiq Salah (15), Hassoun Adam Ahmed Rakza (11), Hamdatu Al-Hadi Iqal (12), Shehab Al-Sharif Rabah Dshish (42), Mousa Ahmed Mohammed Tars (27), Arafat Mahmoud Hamid (13), Amin Salah Maghazi (10), Ibrahim Mousa Ibrahim (57), Sadiq Ahmed Rabah (31), Mohammed Ali Al-Tahir (15), Sadiq Al-Hadi Abdullah (22), Moatasem Al-Naqi (17), Al-Muazz Adam Issa Rakza (16), Moawia Gasm Abdulrasoul (18), and Ammar Abu Daqo (18).
The wounded included: Miqdad Ahmed Eid Habil, Alaa Al-Din Mahmoud Hamid, Ibrahim Rabah Dshish, Ihab Hamid Issa Dshish, Haji Sadiq Abdullah Al-Safi, Al-Muazz Adam Issa, and Amas Abdul Fadil Maghazi, along with several others still receiving treatment in dire medical conditions.
The Darfur Victims Support Organization affirms that this attack constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits targeting civilians and residential areas. These acts amount to war crimes under Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Furthermore, the recurring and systematic nature of these airstrikes reflects a deliberate policy of terrorizing the civilian population and forcing mass displacement.
The organization strongly condemns this brutal assault and calls for an immediate ban on military flights over the Darfur region, alongside an independent international investigation into the repeated airstrikes against civilians in North Darfur, and for those responsible to be brought to justice.
The Darfur Victims Support Organization also urges the international community, the United Nations, and the African Union to take urgent measures to protect civilians and to provide immediate humanitarian and medical assistance to the residents of Al-Kuma and neighboring areas, who now live under constant threat from aerial bombardments and indiscriminate shelling.
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