Dozens of civilians have been killed in drone strikes across southern Sudan over the past two days, medical sources reported on March 12, 2026, as some of the heaviest fighting of the nearly three-year war grips the region. In White Nile state—a region now hit almost daily by aerial attacks—a drone strike on a village clinic near Ed Dueim killed 17 civilians, including schoolgirls and a health worker. Sudan has been riven by conflict since April 2023, when a power struggle between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) exploded into open warfare. The Kordofan region, which connects RSF strongholds in Darfur to the army-controlled east, has become a central battleground. While the Sudanese army has attempted to break paramilitary sieges on key cities, the RSF has intensified its use of drones to target urban areas and civilian landmarks. Both warring parties have been accused of war crimes, including the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas and the targeting of vital medical infrastructure, leading to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe.