At least 880 civilians killed in Sudan drone strikes between January and April: UN

 At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a 'new, even deadlier phase'.
The United Nations rights office said in a statement that its Sudan team had determined that 'drone strikes accounted for at least 880 civilian deaths -- more than 80 percent of all conflict-related civilian deaths -- between January and April this year', with rights chief Volker Turk stressing that 'armed drones have now become by far and away the leading cause of civilian deaths'.