A strike on a UN facility in Sudan's southern Kordofan region killed at least six people, a medical source said Saturday.
Witnesses said that the victims of the attack on the besieged South Kordofan state capital of Kadugli were UN employees.
"Six people were killed in a bombing of the UN headquarters while they were inside the building," the medical source at the city's hospital told AFP.
The Sudanese government in a statement condemned the attack that hit the UN facility.
Eyewitnesses said a drone had struck the UN building.
The army-aligned government based in Port Sudan accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of being behind the attack.
In a statement, the Sovereignty Council headed by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called the attack a "dangerous escalation".
Kadugli, where famine was declared in early November, has been besieged for a year and a half by the RSF.
Kordofan is a vast agricultural region split into three states. It lies between RSF-controlled Darfur in the west and army-held areas in the north, east and centre.
Its position is important for maintaining supply lines and moving troops.
The RSF has been at war with the military since April 2023 and has deployed fighters, drones and allied militias to the fertile region. Analysts say the RSF seek to punch through the army's defences around central Sudan, paving the way for recapturing Khartoum.
