Eyewitnesses in Omdurman told Agence France-Presse in a phone call from Wad Madani: “The bodies of people in military uniforms have been thrown in the streets in the city center after Wednesday’s battles.”
Others reported that shelling hit al-Naw hospital north of Omdurman, the last medical facility serving the area, “resulting in the death of a female worker.”
Fighting continues in both Khartoum and its suburbs and the Darfur region, in light of the failure of new talks on a ceasefire brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
On Thursday, the United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Darfur, Toby Harward, wrote in his account on the “X” website: “Hundreds of thousands of civilians and displaced people are now at great risk in the capital city of El Fasher. North Darfur State’s deteriorating security situation, food and water shortages and limited services .“very”.
He continued: “The Sudanese army and rapid support forces are fighting for control of the city, and this will have devastating consequences for civilians.”
The U.S. Embassy in Sudan expressed “deep concern over eyewitness reports of serious human rights violations by Rapid Support Forces…including killings in the Ardamda region of West Darfur State and the targeting of leaders and members of the Masalid ethnic group,” one of the non-Muslim ethnic groups. Arab in West Darfur.
On Monday, the ruling Sovereignty Council mourned in a statement that “Muhammad Arbab, one of the pillars of the indigenous administration in West Darfur… was treacherously assassinated by the insurgent-backed militias after attacking civilian homes in Ardamda. region.”
“Her son and eight of her grandchildren were killed in a heinous crime that shames humanity,” the statement said.
Fighting in densely populated areas has been ongoing since April between military forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, nicknamed “Hemeti,” and his former deputy, Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Tagalo.
The clash between two rival generals has crippled basic services in Sudan and devastated entire neighborhoods in the capital and the vast Darfur region in the country’s west.
The ECLID organization said 10,400 people died in the war. According to the United Nations, it has also led to the displacement and asylum of more than six million Sudanese.
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