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18 Dead In Sudan's El-Fasher After Paramilitary Attack On Market: Medic

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where world leaders have called for an end to Sudan's wartime suffering (Credit: AFP)

A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country's wartime suffering.

The Rapid Support Forces' shelling of the market on Thursday evening also injured dozens, activists said separately, as the paramilitaries and regular army vie for control of the North Darfur state capital, 17 months into their war in the northeast African country.

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