At least 30 killed in strikes on Sudan strike

At least 33 civilians have died as a result of fighting between opposing Sudanese forces, including airstrikes on the nation's capital, Khartoum, pro-democracy attorneys reported late on Friday.

A nearly nine-month-long conflict between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has gripped Sudan.

A conservative estimate from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project puts the number of deaths from the war at least 12,190, and the UN reports that more than seven million people have been displaced.

The Emergency Lawyers group, which is in charge of maintaining airspace, claimed that an aerial bombing in south Khartoum's Soba district on Thursday resulted in the deaths of 23 civilians and the injuries of several more.

Ten additional deaths from artillery strikes in southern Khartoum were confirmed by the lawyer group.

The same deaths were reported by a local organisation called the resistance committee, which stated that "10 civilians were killed by artillery fire in residential areas and the local market."

The conflict, which began in the capital in mid-April, has moved south and lately reached the state of Al-Jazira in Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of people had sought safety.

Burhan's administration continues to issue statements in its capacity as the Sudanese government, but Daglo's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control the streets of the war-torn capital where fighting is still ongoing.

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