Drone attack in disputed Sudan-South Sudan border region kills at least 153

Sudan" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="3169" data-entity-type="location">South Sudan authorities say Sudan’s army launched a Drone attack on a market, as MSF says it is treating 20 wounded people, some with severe burns.A Drone attack on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="3169" data-entity-type="location">South Sudan and Sudan, has killed at least 153 people, according to a South Sudanese official.The Abyei administration’s caretaker minister of information on Tuesday blamed the attack, which took place a day earlier on Amiet Market, north of Abyei town, on Sudan’s military.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Sudan’s army claims dozens of RSF fighters killed in Nyala attacklist 2 of 4Food or medicine? The impossible choices facing Sudan’s chronically illlist 3 of 4Drone attacks across Sudan escalate, 160 people reported killedlist 4 of 4Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-Sudan" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="3169" data-entity-type="location">South Sudan border kills 150end of listYohanna Akol Ngor said fires continued to burn at the site and that the death toll was likely to rise.He told the news agency Reuters that the “situation is terrible”, adding that some bodies had been burned to ashes.Blaming the Sudanese military for the attack, Sudan" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="3169" data-entity-type="location">South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said drones hit several locations in the market. It said it has summoned Sudan’s ambassador and called for its northern neighbour to “refrain” from acts that endanger civilian lives and property.There was no immediate comment from Sudan’s armed forces.A senior Sudanese officer, who spoke anonymously to The Associated Press news agency, said the army struck fuel tankers coming from Sudan" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="3169" data-entity-type="location">South Sudan that were headed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).He added that those killed in the attack were RSF members and fuel smugglers, saying the military does not “target civilians”.Unnamed diplomats told Reuters the strike hit a fuel depot in the market the RSF has used in the past to supply its fighters.There was no immediate comment on the attack from the RSF.In a statement on Tuesday, the United Nations secretary-general’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, condemned drone attacks near Amiet Market and Todach, saying dozens of civilians, including women and children, had been killed and many others injured. The statement did not identify who carried out the attacks.