Destroyed Sudan Hospital
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SUDAN- Authorities in Sudan have said that the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have attacked m an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman where they  killed 54 people and wounded many more.

Health authorities said that the attack by the Rapid Support Forces attacked the Sabrein Market where they also wounded at least 158 others.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement that it was the latest in a series of deadly attacks in the escalated civil war that has wrecked the northeastern African country, but there was no immediate comment from the Rapid Support Forces.

The Sudan Minister of Culture and Government spokesperson, Khalid al-Aleisir, condemned the attack, saying that the casualties included many women and children and the attack caused widespread destruction to private and public properties.

“This criminal act adds to the bloody record of this militia,” he said in a statement. “It constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.” Minister Khalid al-Aleisir said.

Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate also condemned the Rapid Support Force’s attack and said that one shell hit meters from Al-Naw Hospital, which received most of the market casualties.

It said most of the bodies taken to the hospital were of women and children, adding that the hospital has a significant shortage of medical teams, especially surgeons and nurses.

The conflict in Sudan started in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the leaders of the military and the Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities across the sprawling northeastern African country.

The attack was the latest tragedy in the country’s brutal civil war and last week, about 70 people were killed in a Rapid Support Forces attack on the only functional Hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in the Western region of Darfur.

The conflict has killed more than 28,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes and has left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country and has been marked by gross atrocities, including ethnically motivated killing and rape, according to the United Nations and rights groups.

The International Criminal Court said it was investigating alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity and the Biden administration had accused the Rapid Support Forces and its proxies of committing genocide in the war.

In recent months the Rapid Support Forces has suffered multiple battlefield blows, giving the military the upper hand in the war and lost control of many areas in Khartoum, the capital’s sister city of Omdurman, and the eastern and central provinces.

The Sudan military also regained control of the city of Wad Medani, the capital of Gezira province and the country’s largest oil refinery.

Additional Reporting from Associated Press