Cairo: United Nations’ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the air strike that reportedly killed at least 22 people in Sudan on Saturday, according to s statement released by a spokesperson early on Sunday.
At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in an air strike by Sudan’s army on western Omdurman city, the Khartoum state health ministry said on Saturday, as the war between the country’s military factions entered its 12th week. The secretary general is also appalled by reports of large-scale violence and casualties across Sudan’s Darfur region, according to the statement released by Farhan Haq, his deputy spokesperson.
This air strike was one of the deadliest of the clashes between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In Khartoum, an air strike last month claimed the lives of at least 17 individuals, five of whom were children.
Since the military overthrew Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional administration and imposed a state of emergency in September 2021, a move that political opponents dubbed a “coup”, Sudan has been without a functioning government. The conflict erupted after months of escalating tensions between the military and the RSF.
According to the health ministry, violence that started on April 15 has claimed at least 1,133 lives. Over 2.9 million people have been displaced, with approximately 7,00,000 of them escaping to nearby nations.
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