{"id":20055414,"date":"2023-10-09T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20055414"},"modified":"2023-10-09T17:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:02:26","slug":"north-kordofan-clashes-most-violent-yet-as-14-year-old-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/north-kordofan-clashes-most-violent-yet-as-14-year-old-dies","title":{"rendered":"North Kordofan clashes \u2018most violent yet\u2019 as 14-year-old dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, witnessed renewed violence between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday morning. A 14-year-old child was killed, and at least 17 people sustained injuries in the clashes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Kordofan\u2019s Health Minister, El Fatih Abdelrahman, told Radio Dabanga that the emergency department at El Obeid Teaching Hospital documented the child\u2019s death and the injuries of 17 additional people. \u201cAmong the injured were three healthcare professionals at the Kuwaiti Children\u2019s Hospital, which was hit by a shell\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Abdelrahman disclosed that some of the injured were transferred to private hospitals, adding that the ministry is set to release a comprehensive report on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Gurashi Awad described Sunday morning\u2019s clashes as \u201cthe most violent since the start of the conflict\u201d. Awad noted that the confrontation between SAF and RSF forces began on Sunday morning and persisted \u201cfor several hours\u201d. He highlighted the RSF\u2019s use of \u201cunfamiliar weapons\u201d during the clashes, \u201cindicating an enhancement in their artillery capabilities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRSF artillery primarily targeted the city\u2019s market area, especially buildings housing army snipers who had been targeting RSF gatherings in the southwest of El Obeid. In response, the army employed heavy artillery\u201d, Awad explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activists took to social media to urge the provision of gloves, intravenous solutions, and equipment for minor surgeries at El Obeid Teaching Hospital. Volunteers appealed for blood donations and requested assistance in ensuring a continuous power supply to the hospital\u2019s generator for treating the wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan\u2019s Emergency Lawyers highlighted the deteriorating humanitarian conditions within El Obeid\u2019s neighbourhoods and hospitals following Sunday\u2019s clashes, \u201cwhich encompassed the city\u2019s western neighbourhoods and several markets, including the popular market\u201d. In a statement released yesterday, the group issued appeals for the rescue and treatment of the injured at El Obeid Teaching Hospital and El Daman Hospital \u201cdue to power outages and shortages of fuel and medical supplies\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement released by the Emergency Lawyers underscored the indiscriminate artillery shelling by both conflict parties from various locations within and outside El Obeid. \u201cThis resulted in attacks and shells falling on civilians, causing partial destruction of homes, panic, road closures, and extreme peril for those traveling outside the city\u201d, the group asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Obeid has recurrently witnessed clashes<\/a> between the army and the RSF, while the RSF maintains control over Um Rawaba<\/a> in North Kordofan. Radio Dabanga reported last week<\/a> that an RSF unit shot and killed two army soldiers and a civilian in the El Salehin Market in El Obeid on Wednesday.<\/p>\n