Drone Strike On Open Market Kills 43 People In Sudan As Rival Groups Fight

According to rights organizations and the UN, the conflict in western Darfur, which was the scene of a genocidal campaign in the early 2000s, has changed into ethnic violence, with the RSF and its allied Arab militias assaulting ethnic African populations.

Written by Shivanshi Srivastava September 11, 2023

At least 43 people were killed in a drone strike on a market in south of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, according to activists and a medical group on Sunday. The attack happened due to a clash between military and a strong rival paramilitary force for control of the nation. The incident took place in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces were strongly engaged in combat with the military, according to a statement from the Sudan Doctors’ Union. People injured were taken to the Bashair University Hospital for treatment.

An activist group called The Resistance Committees, which gives humanitarian assistance, shared video of dead at the hospital that were covered in white blankets on social media.

Since mid-April, when tensions between the military of the country, under the direction of Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, under the command of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, erupted into open combat, Sudan has been shaken by violence.

The claim could not be independently verified right away, the RSF claimed that the military’s air force was responsible for the attack on Sunday. The Greater Khartoum region has become a battleground due to the conflict in Sudan, which frequently features indiscriminate bombing and shelling by both sides.

Since then, the war has expanded to several locations around the nation. RSF troops have taken control of residential properties and converted them into operating bases in the Greater Khartoum region, which encompasses the cities of Khartoum, Omdurman, and Bahri. Residential areas were bombed in retaliation, according to rights organizations and activists.

According to rights organizations and the UN, the conflict in western Darfur, which was the scene of a genocidal campaign in the early 2000s, has changed into ethnic violence, with the RSF and its allied Arab militias assaulting ethnic African populations.

According to statistics from the United Nations released in August, the conflict has claimed more than 4,000 lives. Doctors and activists agree that the real toll is substantially higher.

According to the UN office for refugees, the number of internally displaced people has increased by over half since mid-April to at least 7.1 million. In neighboring nations, there are additional 1.1 million refugees.

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