SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - North Darfur death toll climbs as health crisis worsens amid ongoing conflict
Sudan Tribune report that the humanitarian crisis in North Darfur continues to worsen as the death toll and number of injuries rise following weeks of fierce fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), allied groups, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Director General of the Ministry of Health in North Darfur, Ibrahim Abdallah Khater, told Sudan Tribune that at least 346 people have been killed and 2,182 injured since the conflict erupted on May 10th. Khater warned that these figures are likely underestimates, as many casualties in outlying areas and recent clashes in the Al-Nasr and Abu Shouk neighbourhoods remain unaccounted for.
He further condemned the RSF’s indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, including residential neighbourhoods, shelters, markets, and hospitals, as a major contributing factor to the dire humanitarian situation.