Activists report spike in mass civilian deaths after Sudan's army ups airstrikes


  • World
  • Friday, 11 Oct 2024

CAIRO (Reuters) -Rights activists and local responders said scores of civilians had been killed at sites across Sudan in the past week as the army escalates air strikes nearly 18 months into its war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

While the RSF controls almost half of the country, the army has recently deployed its superior air power to help it regain some territory in the capital Khartoum, and to pound other areas occupied by its rivals.

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