Market is near one of the main camps in the Sudanese capital where the paramilitary RSF has been fighting the military.

Volunteer rescuers in Sudan say the army launched a deadly strike on a marketplace in the south of the capital, Khartoum. The army is attempting to wrest back control of the capital from the RSF paramilitaries.

Fierce fighting has raged since Friday around Khartoum, much of which is controlled by the RSF, with the military pounding the centre and south of the city from the air. The military is reportedly advancing towards Khartoum from nearby Omdurman,

Sudanese army air strikes have killed at least 23 people and injured more than 40 others in the south of the capital, Khartoum. Saturday's airstrikes targeted the main camp occupied by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in southern Khartoum, hitting the central market and a nearby residential area.

A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead."Twenty-three people were confirmed dead and more than 40 others wounded" and taken to hospital after "military air strikes on Saturday afternoon on the main market" in southern Khartoum,

At least 23 civilians were killed, and more than 40 were injured in an airstrike that targeted a busy market in southern Khartoum on Saturday, local volunteers and humanitarian groups reported. The attack struck Al-Souk Al-Markazy (central market) in the afternoon,