SAF Drone Strike Kills 6 at Al-Hamidiyah Displacement Camp Near Zalingei, Central Darfur

A Sudanese Armed Forces drone strike at dawn on April 27, 2026 hit Al-Hamidiyah IDP camp on the outskirts of Zalingei, the RSF-controlled capital of Central Darfur State, killing at least 6 civilians and injuring 15 others — some in critical condition. Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese legal advocacy group, documented the attack, noting the strike 'destroyed several homes inside the camp, which shelters thousands of displaced people, mostly women and children.' Fifteen injured civilians were transported to Zalingei Hospital for treatment. The Hamidiyah camp shelters people displaced from across Darfur, including those who fled fighting in El Fasher, West Darfur, and other war zones. The April 27 strike follows a pattern of near-daily aerial attacks by both sides on civilian population centers: RSF drones struck El-Obeid residential neighborhoods on April 24 (13 killed including 8 children) and April 25 (7 killed, 22 wounded); SAF drones have struck multiple RSF-held Darfur locations including Zalingei itself (March 27-28, 2026), Kutum (April 10, 30-56 killed at wedding), and Umm Dukhun (April 17, 24+ killed at market). OHCHR documented approximately 700 civilian deaths in drone strikes across Sudan in Q1 2026 alone — a sharp increase from 2025. The General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur condemned the attack. Central Darfur State has been under RSF control since mid-2023; IDP camps in the area shelter hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by ethnic violence and fighting across the region.