RSF Drones Strike Two Fuel Stations in Kosti, White Nile State; 5 Civilians Killed

RSF drone strikes hit two fuel stations in Kosti, the capital of White Nile State, on May 5, 2026, killing five people. The attack targeted civilian fuel infrastructure in the city where the SAF's 18th Infantry Division is headquartered — the same installation struck by an RSF drone wave on April 29, 2026. Kosti lies approximately 320 km south of Khartoum on the White Nile. The fuel station strikes continued a pattern of RSF targeting of civilian energy and logistics infrastructure to degrade SAF supply chains in central Sudan. May 5 was an especially intense day for RSF drone activity: concurrently, an RSF drone was intercepted by SAF air defenses approaching Khartoum International Airport from the south, prompting a 72-hour airport closure and Sudan's formal accusation that the UAE and Ethiopia were responsible for the campaign. The Kosti fuel station deaths bring the total RSF drone toll in SAF-controlled areas to well above the approximately 700 civilians documented by Amnesty International and OHCHR as killed by drone strikes in Q1 2026 alone. RSF has conducted near-daily drone strikes across SAF-controlled territories throughout the spring of 2026, making Sudan one of the most active drone warfare theaters in the world.