Sunday, October 13, 2024

According to UN figures, at least 10 million people in Sudan have been forced out of their homes, making it the world's largest displacement crisis.

Sudan: Over 20 killed in army strike on Khartoum — rescuers

Saim Dušan Inayatullah

59 minutes ago

Volunteer rescuers in Sudan say the army launched a deadly strike on a marketplace in the south of the capital, Khartoum. The army is attempting to wrest back control of the capital from the RSF paramilitaries.


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The World Health Organization says at least 20,000 people have so far been killed in the war in Sudan, with other estimates putting the toll at as high as 150,000.

According to UN figures, at least 10 million people in Sudan have been forced out of their homes, making it the world's largest displacement crisis.

In August, a UN-backed assessment declared a famine in the Zamzam refugee camp in the western Darfur region. The region is largely controlled by the RSF paramilitary under commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

The government working with the official army, which is led by General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, is based in Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.

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