Sudan shelling kills more than 100 civilians near Khartoum
Rescuers say medical supplies are running low as health workers struggle to treat the victims.
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The Ombada Emergency Response Room said the death toll was provisional, suggesting that the number of victims could rise.
Rescuers say medical supplies are running low as health workers struggle to treat large numbers of people with injuries from bombardments.
Sudan's civil war, now 21 months old, has killed tens of thousands, uprooted over 12 million and pushed the country to the brink of famine, in what the UN describes as one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.
It began last year after the leadership of the army and a paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fell out over the future direction of the country.
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