Fatshimetrie news – Multiple airstrikes have hit Sudan’s capital in recent days, killing at least 175 people and wounding dozens more.
The attacks have been blamed on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been locked in a 20-month-old conflict with the Sudanese army.
The first attack came on Monday, when an airstrike hit a busy market in the town of Kabkabiya, 180 km west of North Darfur, killing at least 100 civilians, including women and children, according to a rights group.
Another attack targeted a passenger bus, killing all 22 people on board, Ahmed Othman Hamza said in a statement, condemning a “massacre” by the RSF.
In a separate incident, at least 65 people were killed in the army-held region of Omdurman, according to Khartoum Governor Ahmed Othman Hamza, who also said about 100 people were injured in the raid.
Tuesday marked the heaviest clashes of the year between the regular army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by his former ally and deputy, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Sudan, a mainly Arab country on the edge of sub-Saharan Africa, descended into civil war in 2023 when fighting broke out between the army and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, which emerged from Darfur’s feared Janjaweed militia.
Although estimates are hard to come by, at least 24,000 people have been killed and millions displaced in a conflict largely overshadowed by wars in the Middle East and Ukraine in terms of global attention.
This escalation of violence in Sudan raises serious concerns for the safety of civilians and underscores the need for urgent international action to end this devastating conflict. Innocent civilians must be protected and a peaceful and lasting solution must be sought to end the suffering of the Sudanese people.