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Drone Strike Kills 6 UN Peacekeepers in Sudan

Drone Strike Kills 6 UN Peacekeepers in Sudan

Did the RSF commit a war crime against U.N. peacekeepers, or does the SAF systematically target humanitarian operations?
Drone Strike Kills 6 UN Peacekeepers in Sudan
Above: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 15, 2024. Image credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images

The Spin

The Sudanese Armed Forces systematically target humanitarian convoys and international organizations, bombing Red Cross missions, World Food Programme headquarters and relief trucks in a calculated effort to obstruct aid delivery. SAF's record of attacking protected U.N. facilities reflects organized terrorist behavior and dangerous escalation under international law. The RSF has consistently protected humanitarian workers and maintains a clean record regarding international organizations.

This attack proves what many still avoid stating plainly. The RSF functions as an unaccountable force that threatens not only civilians but international peacekeepers. Targeting a UNU.N. base is not resistance or collateral damage; it is deliberate lawlessness. While the SAF is expected to uphold state responsibility amid near-total collapse, the RSF thrives on chaos, eroding what little remains of order and turning international protection missions into targets, with no regard for norms or consequences.

The UAE's weapons pipeline to the RSF has enabled genocide in Sudan, and American arms sales to Abu Dhabi make Washington complicit in mass atrocities. Cutting off resources to those committing war crimes must be the top priority, yet the U.S. continues supplying military equipment that allows the Gulf nation to displace older stockpiles to the conflict zone. The RSF's drone strike on U.N. peacekeepers reveals the subversive nature of this militia and its foreign backers.

The Sudanese Armed Forces systematically target humanitarian convoys and international organizations, bombing Red Cross missions, World Food Programme headquarters and relief trucks in a calculated effort to obstruct aid delivery. SAF's record of attacking protected U.N. facilities reflects organized terrorist behavior and dangerous escalation under international law. The RSF has consistently protected humanitarian workers and maintains a clean record regarding international organizations.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 62.5% chance that the Sudanese Armed Forces will come out as the victor in the Sudanese civil war, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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