Doctors in Sudan: 100 killed in clashes in Darfur

2023-05-08 07:20:02

CAIRO (AP) — At least 100 people were killed in Sudan in clashes between armed fighters in a town in the volatile Darfur region last month, according to the Sudan Doctors Union.

Hospitals remained out of service in the city of Genena and it was difficult to keep accurate records of the injured, the union said in a statement shared Sunday on its official Facebook page.

The violence in Genena, sparked a few days following two rival generals took up arms once morest each other in Khartoum, the capital, raised the possibility that the conflict in the capital might spread to other parts of the East African country.

At least 481 civilians were killed in clashes in Khartoum in mid-April between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, according to the same group statement. doctor. The number of injured civilians has exceeded 2,560.

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