The Somali community in South Sudan has chartered a plane to airlift over five of their colleagues who were critically injured in a drone strike on the Amiet Common Market in Abyei on Monday, October 19, 2026.
The deadly attack on the border market killed at least 73 people and left 19 others injured, according to local sources.
The casualties include foreign nationals, South Sudanese citizens, refugees, and returnees.
At least three Somali citizens among those killed while businesses were destroyed.
In response to the tragedy, the government of South Sudan summoned the Sudanese ambassador to formally protest the attack.
Abyei remains under a special administrative status established by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, as a final referendum to decide whether it belongs to Sudan or South Sudan was never completed.
Source: TheBorderlines
