By AFP More by this AuthorAt least 40 civilians were killed in an air raid on war-torn Sudan's western region of Darfur on Wednesday, according to a medical source, as army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed to Turkey. "Forty civilians have been killed in an air strike that hit two markets and a number of the city's neighbourhoods," the medical source told AFP from a hospital in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. Since April 15, nearly 7,500 people have been killed, according to a conservative estimate from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Read: Sudan war death toll surges past 2,000AdvertisementWednesday's attack came a day after a medical source reported 17 civilians killed in Khartoum's sister city of Omdurman. Until late last month, Burhan had been holed up under siege by the RSF at army headquarters in Khartoum.

Source: Daily Nation September 13, 2023 18:11 UTC