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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Pippa Crerar in Karuizawa and agencies

Sudan death toll nears 100 as fighting rages and hospitals run short of supplies

Satellite image of Khartoum, Sudan, on Sunday as clashes between the army and paramilitary group continued.
Satellite image of Khartoum, Sudan, on Sunday as clashes between the army and paramilitary group continued. Photograph: Maxar Technologies Handout/EPA

At least 97 people have been killed and hundreds wounded as clashes spread across Sudan, and the World Health Organization (WHO) said some hospitals were running out of critical supplies to treat the injured.

Fighting erupted on Saturday between army units loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who is deputy head of the council.

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