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| Sudan crisis: Five children among 17 killed in air strikes | Sudan crisis: Five children among 17 killed in air strikes |
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| Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed since the start of the conflict mid-April | Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed since the start of the conflict mid-April |
| Seventeen people - five children - have been killed in an air strike in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, officials say. | Seventeen people - five children - have been killed in an air strike in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, officials say. |
| Twenty-five homes were destroyed in Saturday's strike in the densely populated Yarmouk district. | Twenty-five homes were destroyed in Saturday's strike in the densely populated Yarmouk district. |
| It came a day after a top army general threatened to step up attacks against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. | It came a day after a top army general threatened to step up attacks against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. |
| Fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF broke out mid-April as a result of a vicious power struggle within the country's military leadership. | Fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF broke out mid-April as a result of a vicious power struggle within the country's military leadership. |
| Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed and many more injured, according to a doctors' union. | Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed and many more injured, according to a doctors' union. |
| Several ceasefires have been announced to allow people to escape the fighting but these have not been observed. | Several ceasefires have been announced to allow people to escape the fighting but these have not been observed. |
| The recent attack targeted civilians in Mayo, Yarmouk, and Mandela areas, according to the RSF. The army has not commented. | The recent attack targeted civilians in Mayo, Yarmouk, and Mandela areas, according to the RSF. The army has not commented. |
| Since the start of the conflict, tens of thousands of civilians have fled across the border into neighbouring Chad. | Since the start of the conflict, tens of thousands of civilians have fled across the border into neighbouring Chad. |
| Doctors and hospitals there have been overstretched and struggling to cope. | Doctors and hospitals there have been overstretched and struggling to cope. |
| The violence has also resurrected a two-decade-old conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region. | |
| What is going on in Sudan? A simple guide | What is going on in Sudan? A simple guide |
| Doctors shaken by rape in Sudan conflict | Doctors shaken by rape in Sudan conflict |
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