Thirty-five people were killed in a drone strike by the Sudanese army on a traditional court session in the north of the Darfur region, a local rights organisation has said. Dozens more were reported injured in Sunday afternoon’s attack. The Emergency Lawyers Group, which monitors violence against civilians, said the attack occurred in Ghara al-Zawiya village that is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The army has not commented. The RSF holds most of Darfur, in the west of the country, as the two sides continue to fight in the three-year-long civil war that has devastated the country, killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions from their homes. Sunday’s “court session was being held under a tree with the participation of local community leaders,” a witness is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.

Full report : Sudan army drone strike on court session kills 35, rights group says.