RSF Drone Strike Kills 10 on Abu Zabad–Al-Fula Road, West Kordofan

An RSF drone struck vehicles traveling along the Abu Zabad–Al-Fula road in West Kordofan State on May 30, 2026, killing at least 10 people. The strike targeted civilian vehicles on a major road connecting Abu Zabad town to the West Kordofan state capital Al-Fula (El Fula). West Kordofan has faced intensifying RSF drone attacks throughout May 2026 — including a devastating SAF retaliatory strike on the Ghubaysh market (May 19, 28 killed) — as RSF seeks to maintain pressure on SAF-aligned population centers even as SAF makes ground gains in North Kordofan and Blue Nile. IOM documented approximately 46,000 newly displaced people in West Kordofan during May 2026 alone, driven by the combination of RSF drone strikes and ground combat. The Abu Zabad–Al-Fula road is a strategic route used by civilians and potentially for SAF military logistics; targeting it is consistent with RSF's broader strategy of interdicting SAF supply lines in the Kordofan theater while inflicting civilian casualties to generate population displacement. The strike follows the established RSF pattern of using drone-loitering munitions to attack vehicles and road convoys across Sudan's Kordofan states, documented in OHCHR's May 2026 high-alert statement on drone warfare.