CAIRO/DUBAI — The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira State on Wednesday, killing at least 100 people, according to local activists.
If confirmed, the attack would be the latest in a string of dozens of attacks by RSF soldiers on small villages across the farming state after it took control of the capital Wad Madani in December. A telecommunications blackout prevented Reuters immediately reaching medics or residents to verify the death toll. “Wad Alnoura village ...
It is now seeking to advance into the centre, as United Nations agencies say the people of Sudan are at “imminent risk of famine“. In a statement on Wednesday, the RSF said it had attacked army and allied militia bases around Wad Alnoura but did not acknowledge any civilian casualties. But the Wad Madani Resistance Committee accused it of using heavy artillery against civilians, looting, and driving women and children to seek refuge in the nearby town of Managil.
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