Cheap, deadly, and out of control: new report exposes the civilian toll of drone warfare as foreign-made weapons flood African skies, by Paula Lacey.
The human cost of the proliferation of cheap drones in Africa has been laid bare in a report released in March by Drone Wars UK (DWUK).
Through verifying over 50 separate incidents which took place in Ethiopia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan, the research confirms more than 943 civilian deaths in the region between November 2021 and November 2024.
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