Bodies in Military Uniforms Litter Khartoum Streets in Renewed Sudan’s Fighting

Intense fighting reportedly continues in Sudan’s Capital, Khartoum, and in the western region of Darfur, where hundreds bodies are said to have been killed in the ongoing clashes.

Witnesses said that bodies littered the streets of Omdurman on Thursday in the latest escalation of violence between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

A witness said the bodies of people in military uniforms are lying in the streets of the city centre after the fighting yesterday.

About 700 people have been killed in west Darfur clashes, according to the international organization for migration.

Over 300 others are reported missing following the fighting in El Geneina, the West Darfur Capital.

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The RSF has claimed control of all but one major city in Darfur.

Their advance amid a communications blackout has triggered renewed fears of ethnically motivated mass killings.

“Hundreds of thousands of civilians and displaced people are now in great danger in El Fasher, North Darfur, with a fast deteriorating security situation, lack of food and water and very poor services,” the UN’s deputy humanitarian coordinator for Darfur, Toby Harward, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

“If the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army fight for control of the city, it will have devastating impact on civilians,” he added.

Many have fled beyond the country’s borders, with the UN saying on Thursday it was “sounding the alarm” at the number of people escaping to South Sudan.