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Sudan army strike on Darfur market kills hundreds: monitor

Fighters loyal to the army patrol a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. For nearly two years, Sudan has been ravaged by a war between the regular army and the RSF. [AFP]

A Sudanese war monitor accused the army Tuesday of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country's western Darfur region.

The Emergency Lawyers group of volunteer legal professionals who have documented atrocities on both sides of Sudan's nearly two-year war said army warplanes carried out "an indiscriminate air strike on Tora market in North Darfur, killing hundreds of civilians and seriously wounding dozens".

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