At least 17 dead, including four children, after shelling by the Sudanese army against Khartoum and Omdurman

July 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least 17 people, including four children, have died this Monday after several bombardments by the Sudanese Army against the country’s capital, Khartoum, and the city of Omdurman, attacks that have also left dozens injured.

The attack has caused “extreme panic” among the civilians who remain in this neighborhood, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are entrenched, according to the Sudanese Army, Sky News Arabia has reported.

The current hostilities between the Army and the RSF broke out in the context of an increase in tensions over the integration of the paramilitary group into the Armed Forces, a key part of an agreement signed in December to form a new civilian government and reactivate the open transition after the 2019 overthrow of Omar Hassan al-Bashir, damaged by the October 2021 coup against the unit’s prime minister, Abdallah Hamdok.

The war has left more than a thousand dead, according to the Sudanese Ministry of Health, but the real figures could be much higher considering the intercommunal violence unleashed in the regions of Kordofan and Darfur.

According to UNICEF data, at least 435 children have died and another 2,000 have been injured since the start of the fighting.

In addition, more than three million people have been displaced, including nearly 740,000 who have fled to neighboring countries, according to data provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), amid reports of daily atrocities and large-scale sexual abuse against the country’s women and girls.