Sudanese paramilitaries killed at least 17 civilians in the northern part of the capital Tuesday, as the UN warned that the fight between two opposing generals could sink the country.

Witnesses claimed shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman's Karary region, which has seen heavy confrontations between the RSF and the regular army.

PHOTO | COURTESY Sudan generals

According to AFP, "17 civilians were killed" in the attack, which occurred five months into the fight between the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF led by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

According to a conservative estimate from the Armed Violence Location & Event Data, about 7,500 people have been murdered in Sudan since the violence began on April 15.

PHOTO | COURTESY smoke coming from buildings

According to Turk, at least 51 people were killed, and many were injured in air raids on a southern Khartoum market on Sunday, in one of the bloodiest single attacks since the conflict began.

According to activists, a dozen remains were unidentified and buried in shallow graves by volunteers, as were many slain on the street and vanished from their families.

The war has generated a humanitarian disaster in what was already one of the world's poorest countries, with the UN warning that six million people are on the verge of starvation.

PHOTO | COURTESY Sudan residents fleeing


According to United Nations data, the war has also uprooted more than five million people, including one million who have fled across borders.

Diplomatic attempts failed repeatedly in the early months of the war to negotiate a sustainable truce, and the bloodshed showed no signs of abating.