Mohamed Ibrahim, spokesperson for the health department in Khartum, said in a statement that four civilians were killed and fourteen injured in the latest clashes in the city of Omdurman, not far from the capital.
Government forces have, according to sources, taken control of two bridges over the Nile, which separates areas controlled by the respective factions. The offensive is the army's first major one in several months.
Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the UN Office for Human Rights in Geneva, said in a statement to the AP news agency on Thursday that at least 78 civilians have been killed as a result of artillery shelling and airstrikes since the beginning of September in the Khartum area.
"Our immediate concern is the well-being of the civilian population and the likelihood of further displacement and damage to civilian infrastructure," he said.
At the same time, the number of deaths in Sudan's cholera outbreak increased by nearly 100 people, almost 20 percent, in just two days, the health department reported on Wednesday. A total of 473 people have died from cholera since the rainy season began two months ago.
The civil war in Sudan broke out in the spring of 2023 between the army and RSF, which originated from a militia that participated in the genocide in Darfur. Since then, large parts of the country have been paralyzed, famine has broken out, and over 13 million people have been forced to leave their homes in what has been described as the world's largest refugee crisis.
