Health Ministry: 22 Killed in Airstrike on Sudan's Omdurman

Displaced people who fled the ongoing violence, gather in a room inside the university of al-Jazira, transformed into a makeshift shelter, in al-Hasaheisa south of Khartoum on July 8,2023. (Photo by AFP)

At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in an airstrike by Sudan's army on western Omdurman, the Khartoum state health ministry said on Saturday.
While the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) quickly dominated the capital Khartoum and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri after fighting broke out on April 15, the army has launched air and artillery strikes.
At least 1,133 people have been killed in the fighting, according to the federal health ministry, which has flared in the capital and the Kordofan and Darfur regions, sparking ethnic violence in West Darfur state.
More than 2.9 million people have been uprooted, including nearly 700,000 who have fled into neighboring countries.
Fighting has focused on Omdurman in recent days, as the western part of the city is a key supply route for the RSF to bring reinforcements in from Darfur, its power base.
Strikes, including overnight on Friday, have also centered on the country's state broadcasting complex in eastern Omdurman. Other overnight strikes hit southern and eastern Khartoum.
The army said in a post on Facebook that special forces had killed 20 "rebel soldiers" and destroyed their weaponry.