A drone missile attack struck the al-Safiya market in Sodari town, North Kordofan, Sudan, killing at least 28 people and injuring many more. Emergency Lawyers, a group monitoring civilian violence, reported the attack occurred on Sunday when the market was full of women, children, and elderly people, increasing the tragedy. The group said, "The attack occurred when the market was bustling with civilians, including women, children and the elderly." They added that repeated drone strikes show a serious disregard for civilian lives and called for an immediate stop to attacks by both sides of the conflict. Sodari lies in a fierce war zone between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), part of a three-year-old civil war. The RSF is trying to capture strategic towns in the resource-rich Kordofan region connecting Darfur with Khartoum. The Emergency Lawyers stated on X that the drones used in the attack belonged to the army. However, two anonymous military officials denied targeting civilians, telling the Associated Press that the army does not attack civilian sites. Just a week ago, a drone strike near Rahad city in North Kordofan killed 24 displaced people, including eight children. The day before Sunday's market attack, a World Food Programme convoy was also hit by drones. This fighting, which began in April 2023, has killed at least 40,000 people and displaced 12 million, says the World Health Organization. The United Nations warns the region remains volatile with both sides accused of serious human rights abuses. A recent UN report detailed over 6,000 killed in Darfur in late October from RSF violence described as "shocking in its scale and brutality," with possible war crimes committed during the offensive for el-Fasher city. The war continues to fuel Sudan's massive hunger and displacement crisis, dividing the country between army-held central and eastern regions and RSF-controlled western and southern areas.