At least three civilians were killed yesterday in Sudan when shells struck a key hospital in the capital, a medical source said, as fighting between rival generals continued unabated.
“Shells fell on the Al-Nau hospital,” in Omdurman, the twin city of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a medical source said.
Omdurman has been the site of fierce battles between the regular army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who have been at war since April.
Rights groups have accused both sides of targeting health facilities since the conflict began on April 15.
In August, medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that Al-Nau hospital “is one of the last health facilities open in Omdurman”.
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