A drone strike targeted an open market in Khartoum, Sudan, on Sunday, September 10. The incident resulted in 43 fatalities and left over 55 people injured.
Individuals injured from the strike received treatment at Bashair University Hospital. Footage made available by the Resistance Committees, an activist group involved in relief operations, provided a view of the affected people within the medical facility.
The conflict in Sudan intensified in mid-April. The core of this tension lies between the national military, led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is under the leadership of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The RSF has accused the military’s air force of being behind the recent attack, an accusation the military refutes, insisting they did not target civilians deliberately.
Clashes involving shelling and airstrikes are not uncommon between these parties, making the Greater Khartoum area a primary hotspot. The RSF’s occupation of civilian properties for operational purposes has led the military to target these residences.
Ethnic tensions also persist in the western Darfur region, with the RSF and its Arab allies focusing on ethnic African communities. Both rights organizations and the United Nations have verified these reports. Furthermore, Al-Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, has been a site of skirmishes, notably after an RSF assault on a military institution.
Clementine Nkweta-Salami, representing the United Nations as the Humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, has called for both parties to halt their aggressive actions, emphasizing the need for smooth humanitarian aid delivery.
August statistics from the United Nations indicate that the ongoing strife has resulted in over 4,000 deaths, though experts believe the actual number may be higher. Displacements in Sudan have reached approximately 7.1 million people, and a further 1.1 million have taken refuge in surrounding countries. Specifically, Chad hosts close to 465,000 refugees, primarily from West Darfur, due to the intense conflict.
