According to the Khartoum state health ministry on Saturday, July 8, about 22 people have been killed, leaving many injured in an air strike done by Sudan’s army on western Omdurman. This is the 12th week since the war between the two military factions in the country began.
Although the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, had immediately dominated the capital city of Khartoum and its neighbouring cities Omdurman and Bahri after the battle had begun on April 15, the army has launched air and artillery strikes.
The battle, for which no conciliatory efforts have succeeded so far, is threatening to pull the country into an extensive civil war.
So far, about 1,133 people have died in the fighting, according to the federal health ministry.
Consequently, almost 3 million people have been displaced, including almost 700,000 who fled into neighbouring countries.
Aid agencies have reported an increased number of rape and abduction cases as a result of the war.
Prior to the airstrike, combat had focused on Omdurman in recent days, as this part of the city is a fundamental supply route for the RSF to bring in reinforcements from its power base, Darfur.
The army had also revealed in a post on Facebook that special forces had slain 20 rebel soldiers and wrecked their weaponry.
