Sudan:175 people killed in separate strikes

Sudan:175 people killed in separate strikes

At least 175 people have died and dozens injured after a series of airstrikes hit Sudan’s capital on Monday and Tuesday, according to reports.

The attack has been linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) who have been waging a war with the Sudanese army in the 20-month conflict.

The first attack took place on Monday when an air strike hit a busy market in the town of Kabkabiya, 180km west of North Darfur, killing at least 100 civilians including women and children according to a rights group.

In another incident, a single shell fired at a passenger bus killed everyone on board, totaling 22 people, stated Ahmed Othman Hamza in a communiqué, denouncing a massacre committed by RSF.

In a separate incident, at least 65 people were killed in Omdurman, which is an army controlled region, according to Khartoum Governor Ahmed Othman Hamza who also indicated that a hundred were injured during the incursion.

Tuesday marked the year’s most violent clashes between the regular army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by his former ally and deputy, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Sudan, a predominantly Arab country on the edge of sub-Saharan Africa, descended into civil war in 2023, as fighting erupted between the military and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces that grew out of Darfur’s notorious Janjaweed militia.

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