RSF Drones Target Musa Hilal's Compound in Mustariha, North Darfur — RAC Leaders Killed, Hilal's Son Injured

RSF drones struck the guesthouse of Sheikh Musa Hilal in Mustariha, North Darfur, on or around May 25, 2026, in an apparent targeted assassination attempt. Hilal, the founder and leader of the Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council (RAC), survived the attack but his son was injured. Several RAC commanders attending the meeting were killed. Musa Hilal is a pivotal figure in Sudan's conflict: formerly a prominent Janjaweed leader and RSF founding ally, he broke with Hemedti before the 2023 war and aligned the RAC with SAF. The RAC operates as an armed movement in North Darfur, contesting RSF control of territory between El Fasher and the Libyan border corridor. An earlier SAF targeted strike in April 2026 killed RSF-aligned RAC rival commander Hamid Ali Abubakar at Damrat al-Firdous, Central Darfur. The RSF strike on Hilal — a Rizeigat Arab leader who split from Hemedti — signals escalating intra-Rizeigat factional violence and RSF's effort to eliminate SAF-aligned tribal military leadership in North Darfur. The attack also follows SAF's May 19 capture of Wadi al-Atrun, which cut the trans-Saharan RSF supply corridor that passes through North Darfur.