A civilian plane crashed after taking off from an airport in eastern Sudan, killing nine people, including four military personnel who were aboard the aircraft, the military said, as the conflict in the northeastern African country reached the 100-day mark on Monday with no sign of abating.
The military said in a statement that a child survived late Sunday's crash in Port Sudan, a city on the Red Sea that so far has been spared from the devastating war between the military and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Sudan has plunged into chaos since mid-April when months-long tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere across the country. The clashes have killed more than 3,000 people and wounded more than 6,000 others, Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim said in televised comments last month. The casualty tally is likely much higher, according to doctors and activists.
"These figures are staggering -- civilians who have nothing to do with this conflict are sadly uprooted from their homes and livelihoods on a daily basis," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. "The first 100 days drew attention, but it's fading. We must sustain efforts and apply diplomacy and mediation to tangibly impact civilians in Sudan," he said.
Talks between the military and the RSF in the Saudi Arabian coastal city of Jeddah repeatedly failed to stop the fighting. The Jeddah talks were brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
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