Darfur: 16 Sudan civilians killed in Darfur rocket fire exchange

Khartoum: At least 16 people were reported killed in a missile exchange between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Reporters Without Borders) in the Darfur region, Al Jazeera reported.

According to the local Bar Association, this happened in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state.
Besides, there have been reports of snipers targeting people in West Darfur, including its capital El Geneina, near Chad, and tens of thousands of residents have fled across the border, Al Jazeera reported.

The Darfur Bar Association added that a sniper killed at least one man.
Al Jazeera reported, quoting Heba Marjan, that “thousands of people continue to flee the West Darfur region and try to reach the border into neighboring Chad. It is in West Darfur that we have seen a significant increase in violence with refugees who have arrived in Chad, saying they have been targeted by militias allied with the RSF on the basis of their ethnicity.”.
The war broke out in Khartoum on April 15 and, by a conservative estimate, spread to Darfur later that month, killing nearly 3,000 people across Sudan.
“The Darfur Bar Association is also concerned that the fighting will spread to other parts of South Darfur. There has been fighting there before. Civilians have been caught in the crossfire, but this time the association said that even those refugees or IDPs who have been in camps for 20 years in Darfur may be targeted as the violence continues,” Morgan added.
The people also reported that the army’s first air raids took place on villages in the north of Al-Jazeera state.
Al Jazeera reported that if the fighting spread to Al Jazeera, they might have to flee again.
Two weeks ago, the United Nations warned that Sudan could be on the verge of all-out war after an airstrike over the weekend killed dozens in a residential area in the Sudanese city of Omdurman, CNN reported.
On July 8, at least 22 people were killed and many injured in a bombing attack in the country Ministry of Health He said, as infighting between rival Sudanese armed forces continues to flare up across the country.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, the attack took place in a residential area in Omdurman, the city adjacent to the capital, Khartoum, and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack.
Moreover, armistice talks are taking place in Saudi Arabia as representatives of Al-Burhan and Daglu are present there. On Friday, however, the Khartoum government denied “any information related to a near truce.”