Deadly attacks in Sudan's Darfur 'shocking': WHO chief

Geneva: The World Health Organization voiced concern Thursday at recent attacks that took placein Sudan s war ravaged Darfur region, which it said had...

Geneva: The World Health Organization voiced concern Thursday at recent attacks that took place in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, which it said had killed dozens and injured many others.

"The most recent attacks in Kabkabiya, North Darfur, that claimed at least 80 lives and injured hundreds of people are shocking," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, adding "our sympathies go out to the affected communities in Sudan".

The pro-democracy Emergency Lawyers group had given an even higher toll from Monday's strike on Kabkabiya, a town about 180 kilometres (112 miles) west of El-Fasher, the state capital that has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since May.

The lawyers group, which has been documenting human rights abuses during the conflict, said an air strike "took place on the town's weekly market day, where residents from various nearby villages had gathered to shop, resulting in the death of more than 100 people and injury of hundreds, including women and children".

They were among at least 176 people killed in two days of army and paramilitary strikes across Sudan this week, according to an AFP tally of tolls provided by officials, activists and lawyers.