Publish dateTuesday 4 February 2025 - 09:43
Story Code : 306654
Death Toll of Clashes in Sudan Reached 65
Sudan health officials said that fierce clashes between the Sudanese army and anti-government militias in the south and west of the country have killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 130 others.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): According to two health sources, artillery attacks in Kaduqli, the center of South Kordofan state, killed at least 40 people and wounded 70.

The city is under the control of Sudanese forces. Mohamed Ibrahim, the governor of Kordofan state, blamed the attacks on a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Abdulaziz Al-Haylo.

"The aim of Al-Haylo's attack on civilians in Kadugli is to destabilize the region," Ibrahim told AFP in a statement. He also pledged to clear the mountains surrounding Kadugli of rebel forces.

The governor of the states said the artillery attacks targeted a local market.

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North is fighting not only the Sudanese army but also the Rapid Support Response Group (RSRG) across Kadugli state.

The fighting between Sudan's military leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of the Rapid Support Response Group (RSRG) militia, has been ongoing since April 15, 2023, after months of tension over the political future and a plan to integrate the RSRG forces into the country's national army. The fighting has been mostly concentrated in three areas - Khartoum and the surrounding cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North.

Meanwhile, the Sudanese army on Monday launched attacks The airstrikes killed 25 people and wounded 63 others in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, a health source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, told AFP.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) issued a statement on Monday accusing the Sudanese army of targeting civilians in several areas of Nyala with cluster bombs.

The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that more than 605,000 people, representing 121,179 households, were displaced from their homes in North Darfur between April 2024 and January 2025.

Two days earlier, Sudanese health sources and activists said artillery and air strikes on the capital Khartoum had killed at least 56 people.

The war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 12 million. The bloody fighting has killed tens of thousands of people across Sudan, with one estimate putting the death toll at 150,000.

The armed conflict has also displaced 10.7 million people and forced at least two million to flee their homes, according to the United Nations.

Famine has gripped parts of the country, particularly in the west and south, forcing some families to eat grass to survive.
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