Sudan: More Than 100 People Reportedly Killed in Attack on Nursery School, Hospital

Is the conflict driven primarily by RSF terror tactics, or do SAF bombing campaigns reveal a broader structural shift toward civilian-centric warfare by both actors?

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Sudan: More Than 100 People Reportedly Killed in Attack on Nursery School, Hospital

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Above: Newly arrived refugees from Darfur in Sudan, sit on a vehicle before being taken to a new camp on April 23, 2024 in Adre, Chad. Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-SAF narrative

The barbaric attack on a kindergarten and a hospital stands as the latest proof of the RSF’s utter inhumanity. The militia deliberately struck the school with drones, killing scores of civilians, many of them very young children. When residents rushed to help, the fighters returned with a second wave of fire and later hunted down survivors at the nearest medical facility, exposing a calculated campaign of terror whose cruelty surpasses even the brutal methods long associated with extremist organisations.

Anadolu Agency Africanews

Pro-RSF narrative

While the so-called Sudanese army is eager to point fingers at the RSF, it is the SAF itself that has killed scores of civilians through indiscriminate airstrikes on residential areas, markets and displacement camps, relying on unguided bombs that obliterate everything within their reach. Its air campaign reveals a consistent disregard for civilian life, repeatedly striking crowded marketplaces and essential facilities without any credible military justification and leaving entire communities in a state of constant fear.

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