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Death toll in Sudan’s clashes rises to 822 - doctors union

The conflict, now in its second month, has also displaced nearly a million people from their homes.

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by BRIAN ORUTA

News17 May 2023 - 07:36
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  • • Confrontations that broke out on 15 April have worsened despite truce talks in the Saudi port city of Jeddah and the signing of a "declaration of principles" on 11 May to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid.
Unrest in Sudan

A Sudanese doctors' union has said that the civilian death toll from the ongoing fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has risen to 822, with 3,215 others wounded.

 

Confrontations that broke out on 15 April have worsened despite truce talks in the Saudi port city of Jeddah and the signing of a "declaration of principles" on 11 May to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid.

"The city of El-Geneina in West Darfur state experienced the worst violence since the start of the conflict...[with] 280 deaths, and more than 160 injuries in the last two days alone," the Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

According to the doctors, the other cities where civilians died in the clashes include the capital Khartoum and the adjoining cities of Bahri and Omdurman, as well as El Obeid (also Al-Obeid), capital of North Kordofan State.

The conflict, now in its second month, has also displaced nearly a million people from their homes, according to the UN.

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