Sudan death toll nears 100 as fighting rages and hospitals run short of supplies
by Pippa Crerar in Karuizawa and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6AVWP)
WHO warns some hospitals in Khartoum short of blood and other critical supplies to treat wounded and clashes enter third day
At least 97 people have been killed and hundreds wounded as clashes spread across Sudan, and the World Health Organization (WHO) said some hospitals were running out of critical supplies to treat the injured.
Fighting erupted on Saturday between army units loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan's transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who is deputy head of the council.
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