Sudan Army Drone Strike Kills 35 Civilians at Tribal Court in North Darfur Village Under RSF Control

Analysis
Two RSF Mahameed field commanders among the dead complicate Emergency Lawyers' civilian-gathering framing, though elders and disputants made up the bulk of casualties; the strike may instead have targeted a militarily significant leadership meeting rather than a purely civilian court session. Four secondary outlets converge on a court strike with dozens dead, but tolls diverge between 35 and 40 with no primary sourcing to arbitrate, and Tasis's corroboration comes from an RSF-aligned party rather than an independent observer. The attack fits an intensifying army drone campaign following RSF setbacks in North Kordofan, extending precision strikes into RSF rear areas beyond front-line engagement, while military silence leaves command responsibility unresolved. It compounds UN genocide-hallmark findings around El Fasher, raising the evidentiary stakes for any future accountability effort tracking Darfur drone-strike patterns.