Sudan paramilitaries kill 56 in 48 hours in retaken Darfur town, say activists
The conflict has seen tens of thousands die, uprooted over 12 million and created what has been called ‘the biggest humanitarian crisis recorded’
Sudan’s paramilitaries killed 56 civilians over two days in attacks on a newly-retaken town on the road to El-Fasher, the last major city in Darfur still in army hands, activists said on Sunday.
The killings, which occurred on April 11 and 12, targeted residents in Um Kadadah, around 180km (112 miles) east of El-Fasher, “on an ethnic basis”, said the local resistance committee, part of a network of volunteers coordinating aid across Sudan since the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on April 15, 2023.
The RSF have stepped up attacks in the El-Fasher area since the army last month recaptured the capital Khartoum, around 1,000km to the east.
The committee’s report came a day after the United Nations said more than 100 people were feared dead in RSF attacks on El-Fasher and two nearby famine-hit camps for displaced people.
The attacks on Um Kadadah came one day after RSF fighters said they seized the town from army forces.
The local committee shared a list of those killed and said that the RSF committed “widespread violations” and citizens “were forcibly displaced” from the town.