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00:29Sudan's civil war has entered a devastating new phase.
00:37A two-year investigation by the Sudan Witness Project, a UK-backed initiative that documents
00:43human rights abuses, has revealed that the Sudanese Armed Forces have carried out hundreds
00:50of airstrikes that have killed more than 1,700 civilians.
00:59The analysis, shared exclusively with the BBC, tracks 384 airstrikes between April 2023 and
01:08July 2025.
01:13Investigators say the military relied heavily on unguided bombs, dropped on some of the most
01:19densely populated parts of the country.
01:23Residential neighborhoods were hit at least 135 times.
01:27Homes, apartment blocks, and basic civilian infrastructure were torn apart.
01:33In 35 separate incidents, markets packed with shoppers were bombed, some of them at peak hours.
01:42One strike on the Hamrad's al-Sheikh market killed at least 30 people and injured 100 more.
01:49The report also documents repeated attacks on locations that should be protected under international
02:00law.
02:01Hospitals, schools, and camps for displaced families.
02:0419 verified strikes hit these vulnerable sites.
02:10In one case in August 2024, a hospital in the eastern Darfur city of El Dayane was bombed.
02:1816 civilians died, including three children and a healthcare worker.
02:24Even an armed group allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces condemned the attack as indiscriminate.
02:33Investigators note that many of the deadliest airstrikes occurred in Darfur, territory controlled
02:39by the military's rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
02:44The SAF claims it was targeting RSF supply lines and drone shipments.
02:50But researchers say the military lacks precision weapons, making accurate strikes in crowded areas
02:57nearly impossible.
02:59The SAF has repeatedly denied hitting civilians, insisting its operations focus only on legitimate
03:07military targets.
03:09But the Sudan Witness Project says the pattern is unmistakable, repeated bombings of places where
03:16civilians live, work, and seek refuge.
03:20Human rights monitors warn that these findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting
03:27both sides in Sudan's war have committed war crimes.
03:31But the new dataset, the largest of its kind, points to the Sudanese Armed Forces as responsible
03:38for some of the most lethal and destructive attacks of the conflict.
03:43And as the war grinds on, investigators say the true scale of the civilian death toll is
03:50almost certainly far higher than what can be verified on the ground.
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