Four civilians were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday in drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeting civilian areas in Damazin, the capital of Sudan’s Blue Nile state, according to two Sudanese rights groups.

The Emergency Lawyers Committee said in a statement that RSF drones targeted civilian sites in Damazin early on Wednesday. The drones targeted homes and a mosque.

“The attack killed four women in the Al Hijra neighbourhood and injured dozens of civilians,” the committee said.

It warned against continued attacks on civilian sites, saying that “deliberately directing attacks against civilians or civilian objects constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

Protection of civilians urged

The committee called for “an immediate halt to the attacks and for those responsible to be held accountable.”

Meanwhile, the Blue Nile Civil Society Initiative, a local civil society group, condemned “the attack carried out by the RSF and its ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), using drones against residential neighbourhoods in Damazin.”

The initiative expressed “deep concern over the targeting of civilian sites and places of worship.”

Sudanese authorities and human rights groups have repeatedly accused the paramilitary group of targeting civilians.

Devastating war

The three states of the Kordofan region — North, West and South Kordofan — have witnessed clashes between the army and the paramilitary RSF since October 2025.

On August 24, the UN said 1,100 civilians had been killed in drone attacks in Sudan between January and June this year.

Sudan has been engulfed in war between the army and the RSF since April 2023, stemming from disputes over the integration of the paramilitary force into the regular military. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced around 13 million others, according to UN and international estimates.