US EditionSudan’s paramilitary forces kill 13 people in Darfur, mostly women and children, group says
The Rapid Support Forces executed 13 civilians including vulnerable groups, amid a siege in North Darfur's El-Fasher, as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign, according to medical and UN reports.
- On Sunday, local medics reported the Rapid Support Forces executed thirteen Sudanese civilians, including five children, four women, and four elderly, in the Khazan Qolo area along the El-Fasher-Tawila road.
- El-Fasher has been under siege since May, with the Rapid Support Forces imposing a total blockade last month amid fighting since April 2023 that killed over 20,000 people.
- On Saturday, RSF shelled a hospital in el-Fasher, wounding a healthcare worker and six patients, and the UN human rights office documented at least 89 civilian killings this month including 16 "summarily executed" in el-Fasher and Abu Shouk displacement camp.
- The Sudan Doctors Network said the attack is a full-fledged war crime and crime against humanity, urging the international community and UN Security Council to act against RSF leadership.
- The wider war since April 2023 has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 14 million, while research from US universities estimates the overall death toll at around 130,000.
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Sudan's paramilitary kill 13 people in Darfur
Mostly women and children were among the 13 killed after a Sudan paramilitary attack in Darfur.
At least 13 people, most of them women and children, have been killed in attacks carried out by the paramilitary RSF in Darfur, Sudan, according to a Sudanese doctors' network.
The Sudan's Vice-President of the Sudan's Council of Sovereignty, Mr. Malik Al-Hadr, confirmed today that the war in the Sudan is coming to an end, stating that the major battle is post-war reconstruction. He explained that the Sudanese Government is waiting for considerable efforts to be made for its citizens, the provision of water, electricity and security services, stressing the need for considerable work to turn the consequences of the war …
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