Market strike in Sudan kills at least 28, human rights group says
An attack on a market in central Sudan killed at least 28 people.
Cairo– a human rights group said on Monday that an attack on a market in central Sudan killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens in the Kordofan region, as the war between the army and paramilitary groups approached three years.
Emergency Lawyers, a rights group that monitors violence against civilians, said in a statement that drones bombed a market in the Sudri area of North Kordofan province on Sunday at a time when the market was packed with civilians, “aggravating the humanitarian tragedy”. The group said the number of casualties was likely to rise.
“The repeated use of drones to target populated areas shows a serious disregard for civilian life and signals an escalation that threatens daily life in the province. Therefore, we call for an immediate cessation of drone attacks by both sides of the conflict,” the statement said.
More than a week ago, a drone near Rahad town in North Kordofan hit a vehicle carrying displaced families, killing at least 24 people, including eight children. The day before that attack, a World Food Programme aid convoy was targeted.
In April 2023, a full-scale war broke out across the country between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Army. According to the World Health Organization, at least 40,000 people have died so far and 12 million have been displaced. Aid groups say the actual death toll from the war may be many times higher because of the vast and remote areas where fighting restricts access.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recently said the Kordofan region remains “unstable and a hotbed of hostilities” as warring parties compete for control of strategic areas.
Both are warring parties accused of atrocities.
The United Nations Human Rights Office released a report on Friday saying that more than 6,000 people died. Over three days RSF unleashed a “wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” in Sudan’s Darfur region in late October.
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