{"id":263964,"date":"2024-12-11T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/11\/sudan-air-strike-causes-horrific-massacre-in-a-darfur-market\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:48:10","slug":"sudan-air-strike-causes-horrific-massacre-in-a-darfur-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/11\/sudan-air-strike-causes-horrific-massacre-in-a-darfur-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan air strike causes &#8216;horrific massacre&#8217; in a Darfur market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/764\/76467695.295.jpg\" alt=\"The Sudanese military has fighter jets while the RSF has been accused of using drones\" title=\"The Sudanese military has fighter jets while the RSF has been accused of using drones\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Sudanese military has fighter jets while the RSF has been accused of using drones<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Sudan&#8217;s military has been accused of carrying out an air strike on a marketplace in the western region of Darfur in which more than 100 people were reportedly killed.<\/p>\n<p>The Emergency Lawyers rights group described the bombing in Kabkabiya town on Monday, the weekly market day, as a &#8220;horrific massacre&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes have intensified in different parts of Sudan in recent weeks between the army and its former ally, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n<p>Both sides deny carrying out war crimes during their 19-month power struggle that has caused the world&#8217;s biggest humanitarian crisis and forced more than 11 million people from their homes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Emergency Lawyers, the air strike happened as residents from nearby villages came to shop in Kabkabiya, about 180km (112 miles) west of el-Fasher, the only city still under military control in Darfur and which has been under siege since April.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This attack on civilians on market day is a flagrant violation of international law,&#8221; said Emergency Lawyers, adding that hundreds of people had also been injured in the air strike.<\/p>\n<p>The group has also condemned the RSF for its indiscriminate shelling of Omdurman, the city just across the River Nile from the capital, Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency Lawyers said that 14 people had died after a shell hit a bus on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It also condemned the RSF for using civilian infrastructure, such as fuel stations, for military purposes.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, an air strike hit a petrol station in an RSF-controlled area of Khartoum, killing at least 28 people.<\/p>\n<p>A volunteer group, the South Belt Emergency Response Room, said that 37 people were also injured.<\/p>\n<p>The army has fighter jets, but it has denied deliberately targeting civilians.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a military spokesperson said their airstrikes were part of a legitimate exercise to defend the country, adding that the army vowed to continue targeting RSF sites, which it claims are often hidden in residential areas<\/p>\n<p>Campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has appealed to the United Nations and the African Union to urgently deploy troops to Sudan to protect civilians.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest report on atrocities in Sudan, it accuses the RSF and allied Arab militias of killing scores of civilians &#8211; and injuring, raping and abducting many others &#8211; in waves of attacks in South Kordofan state from December 2023 to March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The rights group has previously documented similar abuses as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing in West Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Rapid Support Forces&#8217; abuse of civilians in South Kordofan is emblematic of continuing atrocities across Sudan,&#8221; said HRW researcher Jean-Baptiste Gallopin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These new findings underscore the urgent need for the deployment of a mission to protect civilians in Sudan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In May, US special envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello said that some estimates suggested up to 150,000 people had been killed in the conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sudanese military has fighter jets while the RSF has been accused of using drones Sudan&#8217;s military has been accused of carrying out an air strike on a marketplace in the western region of Darfur in which more than 100 people were reportedly killed. 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