Darfur market assault: Hundreds dead as civil war rages
The army attacked a market in the North Darfur province of Sudan, AFP reported. According to reports, "hundreds of civilians" were killed. A civil war has been ongoing in Sudan for two years.
Since mid-April 2023, conflict has erupted in Sudan between government forces and the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The war broke out due to a dispute within the alliance that, two years earlier, overthrew the Western-backed government and assumed power.
The main figures in the latest stage of the conflict are General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who took the country's helm after the 2021 coup, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, formerly one of the Sudanese army's more influential figures and, since 2023, the chief commander of the RSF.
Attack in Darfur. The region has been at war for years
Darfur has been devastated in the past by decades-long ethnic cleansing. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo led these actions - leader of the Arab Janjaweed and now the commander of the RSF.
Source: PAP
