40 killed, 70 injured in artillery shelling in southern Sudan

Artillery shelling in Sudan’s south killed not less than 40 individuals and wounded 70 others on Monday, two medical sources mentioned, with the South Kordofan state governor accusing a insurgent group.

The shelling hit the South Kordofan capital of Kadugli, beneath the management of the Sudanese military which has been at warfare with rival paramilitaries since April 2023. An unaffiliated insurgent group, the Sudan Folks’s Liberation Motion-North (SPLM-N), additionally maintains a foothold within the state.

A medical supply on the primary hospital within the metropolis, requesting anonymity for security issues, informed AFP that “shelling on Kadugli killed 40 individuals and injured 70 others”. A second supply supplied the identical toll.

In an announcement to AFP, South Kordofan Governor Mohamed Ibrahim mentioned that the assault was carried out by a faction of SPLM-N led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu.

“Hilu’s assault on civilians in Kadugli goals to destabilise” the realm, mentioned Ibrahim, vowing to “clear the mountains round Kadugli” of SPLM-N forces.

The governor mentioned that the shelling focused a market.

Hilu, whose faction additionally controls components of Blue Nile state, refused to affix different Sudanese insurgent leaders in signing a 2020 peace take care of the federal government, as he sought a secular state as a prerequisite.

Hilu has additionally refused talked with paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, linking him with atrocities.

SPLM-N has clashed with each the military and the paramilitary Speedy Help Forces in components of South Kordofan all through their warfare.