In Sudan, more than 200 civilians were killed by paramilitaries in a wave of attacks in displacement camps around the city of El Fasher, the last big city still in the hands of the Sudanese army in the Darfur region. The deaths include at least 56 civilians killed by the Rapid Support Forces over two days of attacks in Um Kadadah, a town they seized on the road to El Fasher.
The UN said killings were continuing at two large displacement camps, including the entire medical staff of Relief International, which was operating the only remaining clinic inside Zamzam camp. The US has condemned both sides in the war, saying the RSF has committed genocide in Darfur and that the army has attacked civilians.
The conflict has essentially divided Sudan in two, with the army holding sway in the north and east while the RSF controls most of Darfur and parts of the south.
Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan’s civil war have continued for a third day, residents have stated.
One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as “catastrophic” while another said things were “dire”.
More than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team, have been killed in a series of assaults that began late last week in Sudan’s western Darfur region, the UN has said.
The attacks – on the city of el-Fasher and two nearby camps – have been blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Sunday the group said it had taken control of Zamzam but denied reports of atrocities.
