An incident of shelling at a bustling market near Sudan's capital has resulted in the mortuary being filled with bodies, as reported by medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
According to MSF and the Sudanese authorities, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were held accountable for Saturday's assault in Omdurman, causing the death and injury of more than 100 individuals - a claim that the RSF has refuted.
The Sudanese Doctors' Union stated that a majority of the casualties at the market were women and children.
The RSF and Sudan's army have been engaged in a prolonged conflict that has spanned 22 months, claiming tens of thousands of lives and triggering what the UN has classified as one of the most severe humanitarian crises globally.
In recent weeks, the army has intensified its operations in Omdurman, adjacent to Khartoum, the nation's capital, in an effort to wrest complete control from the RSF.
Witnesses informed the AFP news agency that the artillery shelling on Saturday originated from western Omdurman, an area still under the RSF's control.
The explosion on Saturday resulted in devastating casualties at the nearby Al Nao hospital, which struggled to cope with the influx of injured patients, as stated by MSF general secretary Chris Lockyear.
The Sudanese Doctors' Union made an appeal for medical professionals in the vicinity to lend support at the hospital, citing a critical shortage of medical staff.
They also reported that one shell landed just a few meters away from the hospital on Saturday.
A survivor of the market assault recounted to the AFP news agency, "The shells hit in the middle of the vegetable market, that's why the victims and the wounded are so many."
Both factions have been accused of targeting civilians, including healthcare workers, and engaging in indiscriminate shelling of residential areas.
The recent clashes have forced the closure of several health facilities, disrupting medical services for thousands of residents.