US EditionSudan Paramilitaries Kill 18 Civilians in Attack on Villages West of Khartoum
NORTH KORDOFAN STATE, SUDAN, AUG 9 – The attack targeted villages along a key fuel smuggling route amid ongoing conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the army, Human Rights group reported 18 civilians killed.
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Sudan paramilitaries kill 18 civilians in attack on villages west of Khartoum
Sudan's paramilitaries killed 18 civilians in an attack on two villages west of Khartoum earlier this week, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The attack occurred on Thursday in North Kordofan state, which is key to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' fuel smuggling route from Libya. The area has been a major battleground between the army and the paramilitaries for months, and communications lines with the rest of the world have been mostly…
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The StandardSudan paramilitary attack killed 18 civilians: monitor
Sudan's paramilitaries killed 18 civilians in an attack on two villages west of Khartoum earlier this week, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The attack occurred on Thursday in North Kordofan state, which is key to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' fuel smuggling route from Libya. The area has been a major battleground between the army and the paramilitaries for months, and communications lines with the rest of the world have been mostly…
At least 18 civilians were killed on Thursday by paramilitaries in North Kordofan state, in the western part of Sudan, where civil war has raged for more than two years, a non-governmental organization reported on Saturday. The state, the scene of fierce fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries and the regular army, has been cut off and communications are now virtually non-existent. According to the organization Emergency L…
Sudan Paramilitary Attack Kills 18 Civilians
Paramilitary forces in Sudan have been accused of killing 18 civilians in an assault on two villages west of Khartoum earlier this week, according to a monitoring group on Saturday. The attack took place on Thursday in North Kordofan state, a key point along the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) fuel smuggling route from Libya. The region has been a fierce battleground between the army and the RSF for months, with most communication links to the outsi…
According to the Emergency Lawyers, quoted by the AFP agency, which documented violations since the beginning of the conflict, the FAR attack on Friday against two villages in the southern part of a Kuraydim region "caused the death of 18 civilians and wounded dozens of others". In the absence of access to local medical care, the wounded were transferred to El-Obeid, several decades from south-east.
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