At least 97 civilians have been killed and 942 wounded since clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary groups, the official union of doctors said today.
The union reported the deaths of 56 civilians on Saturday and 41 on Sunday, with about half killed in the capital Khartoum. As for the combatants, the deaths are counted “by dozens”, say the doctors.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that “several of Khartoum’s nine hospitals receiving wounded civilians are without blood, transfusion sets, intravenous fluids and other vital supplies.”
Other medical sources assured that patients and their families “no longer have food or drink” and that patients who have already recovered cannot leave hospitals safely, creating “a congestion that prevents everyone from being treated.”
The group also mentioned power outages in the operating rooms.
In some Khartoum neighborhoods, both the electricity supply and the drinking water supply have been completely cut off since Saturday. The few food stores that remain open have already warned that they may run out of food in a few days.
The Sudanese army assured Sunday night that the situation was “extremely stable” and that the fighting was “limited”, while the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF, in its acronym in English) said they were “in road to victory”. definitive”.
The paramilitaries claimed to have seized the airport and entered the presidential palace, something the Sudanese Armed Forces deny.
More than a thousand people were evacuated this Sunday from centers and facilities in Khartoum, through humanitarian corridors in the city and in a brief three-hour break in the fighting, a Sudanese Red Crescent worker told the Efe news agency.
However, hostilities did not stop in areas far from urban centers, such as near the army headquarters, or in the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport, where there was an explosion in a fuel depot.
Clashes between the two sides intensified over the weekend, amid a power struggle between the two generals who have ruled Sudan since the 2021 coup.
The clashes began on Saturday morning, two days after the army warned that the country was going through a “dangerous situation” that could lead to an armed conflict, after the deployment of RSF units in the Sudanese capital and other cities, without the consent or coordination of the Armed Forces.
Source: TSF
