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In Khartoum, corpses litter the streets: ‘The fighting keeps residents from burying them’

Images sent to the FRANCE 24 Observers team on April 19, 2023 show several dead bodies littering the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. © Observers

The capital of Sudan, Khartoum, has been embroiled in violent clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support forces (RSF) since April 15, leading to scores of casualties. Images received by the FRANCE 24 Observers team show lifeless bodies littering the streets of the city. Our Observer, a doctor in Khartoum, laments that aerial bombardments and continued fighting are making it impossible for residents to leave their homes to take the wounded to hospital or bury the dead.

Fierce fighting has brought Khartoum and other towns, including Nyala, to a standstill. The aerial bombardments carried out by the Sudanese army have disabled hospitals and medical facilities, with many of them now out of order.

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