...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed four people and injured dozens in the city of Omdurman on Saturday, the health ministry said.
The shelling hit several neighbourhoods in the Karari district, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the corpse count could rise as some of the maimed were at death's door.
The shelling "extended to several neighbourhoods, where shells fell," it said, confirming the deaths and injuries.
Shells also struck the Omdurman Technical School in al-Thawra, currently sheltering hundreds of displaced people. Four people bit the dust in the attack..
A health ministry front man said the casualties did not include those who may have died before reaching hospitals.
The RSF and the Sudanese army have been locked in a power struggle since April 2023, triggering a conflict that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions.
The two sides regularly exchange artillery fire in Omdurman, the army, from its positions north of Omdurman, and the RSF, from Khartoum Bahri across the Nile.