7 Dead in Airstrike on Mosque in Khartoum North
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Seven civilians were killed, and others injured in an airstrike on a mosque in Khartoum North, yesterday. The area targeted by the airstrike is under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to the "Emergency Lawyers" group.
The group, which documents human rights violations during the war, stated that "the attack occurred as worshippers were leaving the mosque" following Friday prayers.
According to relief agencies, this war has claimed tens of thousands of lives and left the northeastern African country on the brink of famine.
The Resistance Committees, one of hundreds of volunteer groups in Sudan providing on-ground aid during the conflict, confirmed the death toll and reported that "a number of injured individuals were also transferred for medical treatment."
The group described the attack as "part of a series of indiscriminate military assaults that do not distinguish between civilians and military targets."
The lawyers condemned the airstrike, labeling it "a crime against humanity and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law."
Both the army and the RSF face accusations of deliberately targeting civilians and indiscriminately bombing residential areas. A UN investigation found that both sides have committed human rights violations, with the RSF particularly implicated in acts of sexual violence.
The war began between the army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, in the capital, Khartoum, forcing the army-aligned government to relocate to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.
Violence has also intensified in the western Darfur region bordering Chad.
During a visit to Darfur earlier this month, the UN’s head of humanitarian affairs, Tom Fletcher, called for immediate international action to address Sudans worsening crisis.
A UN report released this week revealed that Sudan has the highest rate of malnutrition in East Africa, with an estimated 3.7 million children aged between six months and 59 months, and one million pregnant and breastfeeding women, suffering from acute malnutrition.
Relief agencies have warned that more than 40% of the country’s population will require humanitarian food aid next year, according to the report.
The war has also sparked accusations of foreign interference.
