At least 20 dead in artillery attack in Sudan

At least 20 dead in artillery attack in Sudan
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full screen Smoke over Sudan’s capital Khartoum where the destruction is great. Archive image. Photo: AP/TT

More than 20 people were killed in an artillery attack in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday. A Sudanese aid organization says the attack hit a market in the city.

Also on Saturday, Khartoum was attacked, when at least 15 civilians died in an artillery strike that hit a residential area.

It is not entirely clear which phalanx was behind the attacks. Sudan is torn by fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF), which previously shared power in the country.

Since April, the two forces have been fighting for power, with Khartoum and the Darfur region being the main theaters of war. At the end of October, the parties announced that they had resumed peace negotiations in Saudi Arabia.

Over 10,000 people have been killed in the fighting and, according to the UN, over 6 million people have been forced to flee.

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