Erneut viele Tote im Sudan

Die Kämpfe im Sudan gehen unvermindert weiter. Hunderttausende sind schon geflohen, Krankenhäuser und andere zivile Einrichtungen funktionieren seit langem nicht mehr und beiden Konfliktparteien werden schwere Menschenrechtsverletzungen vorgeworfen.

Erst gestern kamen wieder Dutzende ums Leben:

At least 32 civilians were killed and dozens injured in artillery strikes by the Sudanese Army on Tuesday, one of the highest tolls from a single day of fighting since conflict broke out in April, the activist group, Emergency Lawyers, said, Reuters reports.

Rights activists and residents say the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that are fighting for control of the country have fired missiles into populated areas, incurring hundreds of civilian casualties in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities.

While the RSF holds most of the ground in Khartoum and the cities of Omdurman and Bahri that make up the wider capital, the Army has an edge in heavier artillery and aircraft.

The strike on Tuesday took place in the Ombada neighbourhood in western Omdurman, the statement released on Wednesday said, a neighbourhood that has seen several deadly strikes.

Earlier this week, military sources said the Army had deployed large numbers of ground troops in Omdurman and was preparing for a large operation to attempt to cut off the RSF’s main supply route into the capital from the Darfur region.