At least 175 individuals have been reported dead and numerous others injured following a series of airstrikes that targeted Sudan’s capital on Monday and Tuesday.
These attacks have been attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are engaged in an ongoing conflict with the Sudanese army that has persisted for 20 months.
The initial strike occurred on Monday, when an airstrike hit a crowded market in Kabkabiya, located 180 kilometers west of North Darfur, resulting in the deaths of at least 100 civilians, including women and children, as reported by a human rights organization.
In a separate incident, a single shell fired at a passenger bus resulted in the deaths of all 22 individuals on board, as stated by Ahmed Othman Hamza, who condemned the act as a “massacre” perpetrated by the RSF.
Additionally, at least 65 fatalities were reported in Omdurman, an area under army control, according to Khartoum Governor Ahmed Othman Hamza, who also noted that around a hundred people sustained injuries during the assault.
Tuesday witnessed the most intense clashes of the year 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, primarily an Arab nation located on the periphery of sub-Saharan Africa, plunged into civil war in 2023 when hostilities broke out between the military and a paramilitary organization called the Rapid Support Forces, which originated from the infamous Janjaweed militia in Darfur.
While precise figures are challenging to ascertain, it is believed that over 24,000 individuals have lost their lives, and millions have been forced to flee their homes in a conflict that has largely been overshadowed by ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
