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The Sudanese army's drone strikes killed more than 200 people on October 20, 2026, according to sources cited by BBC World, targeting a truck carrying mourners traveling to a funeral and a market alleged to be supplying fuel to the RSF, the paramilitary group fighting the army in Sudan's ongoing civil war. The strikes represent a significant escalation in the conflict's humanitarian toll, adding to the millions already displaced by the war. The UN reported on the same day that more than 250,000 people have fled renewed fighting in Yemen, with particular concern for those sheltering in the southwestern city of Taiz where access is "essentially blocked" by ongoing conflict, reflecting the continued humanitarian devastation across multiple active conflicts in the Middle East and East Africa.