No respite for Sudan civilians two months into brutal war

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 15, 2023 11:17 am

KHARTOUM: Army warplanes bombed the Sudanese city of El Obeid Wednesday, as the country prepared to mark two months of suffering since a power struggle between rival generals plunged the country into a devastating war.

Since April 15, the regular army headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo have been locked in urban combat that has left whole neighborhoods of the capital Khartoum unrecognizable.

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