Air strikes on Darfur cities intensify

One person has died, a many homes have reportedly been destroyed after Sudanese Air Force warplanes targeted strategic areas in Nyala, capital of South Darfur with air strikes last night. This follows intensified air strikes on Nyala. The North Darfur capital El Fasher and surrounding villages were bombarded in recent weeks.

The Nyala bridge was bombed and partially destroyed last week.

Journalist Suheiba Marish told Radio Dabanga that “the air raids on Nyala were very violent, as several barrel bombs were dropped, targeting the police hospital, military warehouses and the command of the seventh regiment, occupied by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)”.

She added that the person who was killed, in the Karan neighbourhood to the south of the city, was not directly hit, however, but was affected by the sound of the explosions in the air raid.

The shelling led to the destruction of a large number of private homes in El Jir neighbourhood, adjacent to the sites targeted by the aircraft.