At least 127 people, predominantly civilians, lost their lives in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday due to intensified airstrikes and shelling by warring factions.
The ongoing 20-month conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated, with both sides targeting civilian areas as global attention shifts to other crises.
The army has increased airstrikes on RSF-controlled regions, while the RSF has launched raids and heavy artillery strikes, worsening conditions for civilians. On Monday, over eight barrel bombs hit a market in Kabkabiya, North Darfur, killing more than 100 and wounding hundreds, according to the Al-Fashir Resistance Committee and Emergency Lawyers, a human rights organization.
Video footage verified by Reuters depicted harrowing scenes of bloodied bodies, burning wreckage, and survivors carrying the injured amidst prayers and cries of anguish. Armed men resembling RSF fighters were spotted in the area. Despite denying responsibility for the attack, the army claimed the right to target RSF-held locations for military purposes.
In Omdurman, heavy RSF artillery strikes on an army-controlled sector on Tuesday killed at least 20 people, including 14 bus passengers. The state government reported a total of 65 deaths, with injured civilians transferred to Al-Naw Hospital.
North Darfur’s Zamzam camp has declared famine, with shelling on Tuesday killing seven people, according to Adam Rojal, spokesperson for the Displaced People's Coordinating Committee.
The United Nations reports over 30 million people require urgent aid, and 12 million have been displaced due to the war.
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