Fighting in the southern state of North Kordofan between militias aligned with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group and local brigades of the Sudanese army has centred on the strategically important state capital, El Obeid.
“The two sides went to war and the civilians in the middle got hurt in their houses,” said Hafi z Mohamed, the UK-based director of Justice Africa Sudan, who is from the region.
The city sits astride key communications links between Khartoum and Darfur, the home of the RSF leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, and many of his fighters. It also has an airstrip, which is a valuable target for the RSF.
Medics in El Obeid said the first round of fighting centred on El Abyad neighbourhood, killing 10 people, including seven children, and wounding more than 20. A local hospital struggled to deal with the influx of injured, facing power cuts and a shortage of blood.
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