SUDAN ’s PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL CONDEMNS DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN NORTH KORDOFAN, CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION.
BY NJOKI KARANJA
Khartoum, October 17, 2025.
Sudan’s Presidential Council has strongly condemned what it described as a “terrorist attack” carried out by the Islamic Movement Army on Friday against civilian gatherings in the Mazroub area of North Kordofan State.
According to an official statement, the attack — conducted using a drone — killed dozens of innocent civilians, including Chief Suleiman Jaber Juma Sahl and several leaders of the Majaneen tribe’s native administration. The Council described the assault as a continuation of a “deliberate policy of targeting civilians and unarmed communities in peaceful areas.”
Presidential Council President Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, his deputy, and other members expressed deep sorrow over the deaths, extending condolences to the families of the victims and the Majaneen community. They denounced the attack as a cowardly act of terrorism and held the leaders of the Islamist movement and the Sudanese army fully responsible for what they called “the bloodshed of innocents and the terrorizing of peaceful populations in Kordofan and Darfur.”
The Council demanded accountability for those behind the Mazroub massacre and similar attacks in the Kordofan and Darfur regions. It urged the international community, regional organizations, and human rights bodies to assume their moral and legal responsibilities by condemning the incident and taking urgent action to end what it called systematic violations against civilians — violations that, the statement said, “flagrantly breach international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.”
In its closing remarks, the Presidential Council reaffirmed its solidarity with the families of the victims and the wounded, pledging continued efforts to protect civilians and end their suffering across Sudan’s war-torn regions.
