Spotlight | Sudan
Tracing the mysterious combat drone supply chain in civil war

Remnants of a shell that targeted a refugee center in El Fasher, Sudan, 7 October 2025.
Remnants of a shell that targeted a refugee center in El Fasher, Sudan, 7 October 2025. © Mohyaldeen M Abdallah / Reuters
"Open source" images analysed by Africa Intelligence reveal the use of sophisticated weapons that have given RSF paramilitary forces a decisive advantage in recent months. Serbia appears to have played a role in the assembly, modification or re-export of Chinese-designed drones. [...]
Reading time 6 minutes Faisal EL SHEIKH, Noé Michalon

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