News Center — The Sudan Doctors Network announced that nine civilians were killed and 51 others injured as a result of artillery shelling targeting the city of Dilling in South Kordofan State on Wednesday and Thursday. The attacks were carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

In a statement issued yesterday, Thursday, March 5, the Sudan Doctors Network confirmed that the shelling hit the Al-Mak North neighborhood, roads, schools, and the central market. The injured were transferred to medical facilities amid fears that the number of victims may rise as shelling continues in densely populated areas.

The statement described the attacks as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits targeting civilians. It considered the deliberate shelling of residential neighborhoods and markets a war crime that worsens the suffering of residents and the already deteriorating humanitarian situation in the city.

The network held both the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement fully responsible for these violations, calling on the international community and UN organizations to act urgently to stop the attacks, protect civilians, and pressure the warring parties to end what it described as “massacres.”

The statement also noted that Dilling witnessed relative calm during February following a decline in fighting and drone attacks. However, the situation deteriorated again at the beginning of March with the resumption of military operations, as the Sudanese army announced it had repelled an attack launched by the RSF on the second of this month.

For her part, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Louise Brown, spoke after visiting the city on March 1 about “intense fighting” and the presence of “trapped civilians,” confirming that the humanitarian situation in Dilling has reached an emergency stage. In a video published by the United Nations, she said: “This war is madness.