December 17, 2024 (OMDURMAN) – Indiscriminate shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 30 civilians and wounded 643 others in Omdurman in November, a Khartoum state health ministry official revealed on Tuesday. The RSF has been carrying out heavy artillery attacks on several areas in Khartoum state, causing deaths and injuries. Speaking to Sudan Tribune, the director general of the health ministry in Khartoum state, Fath al-Rahman Mohamed al-Amin, acknowledged the challenges facing the health sector, including indiscriminate shelling by the RSF and its continuous and systematic targeting of hospitals, which endangers the lives of patients and medical personnel. “The number of casualties resulting from the war events during November reached 30 dead and 643 wounded,” he said. The old neighbourhoods of Omdurman and the Karari locality north of Omdurman are subjected to repeated shelling by the RSF stationed in Khartoum Bahri and some areas west and south of Omdurman. Al-Amin called on the RSF to stop targeting civilians and the health sector as they are not related to political or military issues or the war. The official confirmed that the Ministry of Health has taken several steps to improve performance in Khartoum hospitals, including forming an advisory committee …

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