Sudan clashes: Darfur market assault leaves hundreds dead
AFP reported that the army attacked a market in the North Darfur province of Sudan. According to reports, hundreds of civilians were killed. A civil war has been ongoing in Sudan for two years.
Since mid-April 2023, a conflict between the government forces and the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been taking place in Sudan. The war erupted due to a dispute within the alliance that had ousted the Western-backed government and seized power two years earlier.
The main figures in the latest phase of the conflict are General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who assumed leadership of the country following the 2021 coup, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – formerly one of the more influential figures in the Sudanese army and since 2023 the chief commander of the RSF.
Attack in Darfur. War has plagued the region for years
Darfur has been ravaged in the past by decades-long ethnic cleansing. Leading these campaigns was Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – leader of the Arab Janjaweed and now commander of the RSF.
