17, including 5 children, killed in air strikes on Sudanese capital.

Air strikes hit several residential neighborhoods in Khartoum and its neighboring cities, killing 17 people including five children and destroying 25 homes. The Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting for three months, displacing 2.2 million Sudanese and killing hundreds. The war has sent the war-weary Darfur region into a "humanitarian calamity." Mediators are pushing for a new ceasefire, but previous ceasefires have failed to bring about a complete end to fighting or facilitate humanitarian access.