Activists say over 70 dead in two days of Sudan fighting

Kassala, Sudan: Sudanese volunteer rescuers reported four children were among 20 people killed in an army air strike in the capital Khartoum Tuesday,...

Kassala, Sudan: Sudanese volunteer rescuers reported four children were among 20 people killed in an army air strike in the capital Khartoum Tuesday, adding to dozens killed in Al-Jazira state since Sunday.

The strike wounded 27 people, including women and children, and left bodies "charred", according to the emergency response room (ERR) in Khartoum's south belt, one of hundreds of youth-led volunteer groups.

In Al-Jazira state just south of Khartoum, fierce clashes ignited Sunday after a paramilitary commander defected to the army, killing more than 50 people, according to activists.

An army air strike on a mosque in the state capital of Wad Madani on Sunday killed 31 people, the local resistance committee said in a statement to AFP on Tuesday.

ERRs and resistance committees have been coordinating life-saving aid for civilians caught in the crossfire since war broke out between Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023.