A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers have disclosed that 28 civilians lost their lives when a fuel station in an area of Khartoum under paramilitary control came under shelling.
The Sudanese army, which has been fighting the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, has been advancing towards the capital in recent weeks, in a bid to regain control of Khartoum.
The youth-led volunteer group said 28 people were confirmed dead and the number of injured reached 37, including 29 burns cases and some shrapnel injuries.
Early in the war, which has pitted army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against the forces of his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the paramilitaries had largely pushed the army out of Khartoum.
The government, loyal to Burhan, is based in Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, where the army has retained control.
The war has killed thousands of civilians and displaced over 11 million, creating what the United Nations has described as the world’s largest displacement crisis.
