Global Courant
Khartoum, Sudan
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group accused the army of killing 31 civilians in an airstrike on the city of Omdurman, west of the capital Khartoum.
“We strongly condemn the deliberate airstrikes carried out by the extremist terrorist militia led by (Army Commander Abdel Fattah) al-Burhan,” the group said in a statement.
“This heinous attack by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the residents of Umbada, Dar Al-Salam, Square 22, with the support of remnants from the old regime, resulted in the tragic loss of more than 31 people and many civilians. injuries,” he added.
The Sudanese army said that a group of RSF members were killed in a military operation in Omdurman.
In the statement made by the army, it was stated that a large number of armored vehicles were also destroyed.
Sudan has been devastated by clashes between the army and the RSF since April, which have killed nearly 3,000 civilians and injured thousands, according to local medics.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that around three million people have been displaced by the current conflict in Sudan.
Several ceasefire agreements, in which Saudi and US mediators mediate between conflicting rivals, have failed to end the violence in the country.
Sudan has had no functioning government since autumn 2021, when the military dismissed the interim government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and declared a state of emergency in a move described by political forces as a “coup.”
The transition period, which began in August 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, was scheduled to end with elections to be held in early 2024.
*The article written by İkram Kouachi in Ankara
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