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The Guardian - AU
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Sudan on brink of all-out civil war, UN chief warns, after airstrike kills at least 22

The burnt-out interior of a building destroyed in clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Sudan, last week
The interior of a building destroyed in clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Sudan, last week. An airstrike on Saturday in the city killed at least 22 people. Photograph: Reuters

Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations has warned, after an airstrike on a residential area killed about two dozen civilians.

The health ministry reported “22 dead and a large number of wounded among the civilians” from the strike on Khartoum’s sister city Omdurman, in the district of Dar al-Salam.

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