AL-JAZIRA (TIP): Ten civilians were killed on January 11 by artillery fire in a residential area of Khartoum, the capital of war-torn Sudan, pro-democracy activists said.

Sudan has been gripped by nearly nine months of war pitting army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy, paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

The conflict has claimed 12,000 lives, according to a conservative estimate by the ACLED analysis group, while the United Nations says more than seven million people have been displaced.

In the latest bloodshed, the resistance committee of southern Khartoum said “10 civilians were killed by artillery fire in residential areas and the local market”.

This committee is one of many groups that used to organise pro-democracy protests and now provide assistance during the war.

Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have so far failed.

(AFP)