Clashes in southern Sudan leave at least 21 dead, medical group says
The violence displaced hundreds and followed a ceasefire initiative backed by the Rapid Support Forces last month, the Sudan Doctors Network said.
- On Thursday, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North attacked Debi and Luweri in Kauda, South Kordofan, killing at least 21 people, including women and children, the Sudan Doctors Network reported Friday.
- Forces under rebel leader Abdel Aziz al-Hilu targeted 10 Otoro villages between Aug. 20 and 26, displacing hundreds of civilians in the Nuba Mountains, according to Armed Conflict Location & Event Data.
- Since March, fighting over land disputes has killed at least 158 people, and the Sudan Doctors Network condemned the recent violence as a clear violation of a ceasefire backed by the Rapid Support Forces .
- Analyst Ali Mahmoud Ali warned that these clashes risk drawing in additional Nuba clans, potentially deepening divisions across South Kordofan where communities already face a dire humanitarian situation.
- The broader war in Sudan has killed at least 59,000 people and displaced some 13 million since 2023, with al-Hilu's alignment with the RSF linking regional clashes to the wider national conflict.
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On Friday, the Sudan Medical Network announced that at least 21 people, including women and children, had been killed by an attack on the "People's Movement-North" loyal to the Rapid Support Forces in Southern Kordofan State.
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Clashes in southern Sudan leave at least 21 dead, medical group says
A doctors' group says at least 21 people, including women and children, have been killed in southern Sudan.
In an attack carried out by HDK and its ally SPLM-N forces in Sudan's South Kordofan state, 21 people, including women and children, were killed and many others wounded. The Sudanese Doctors Network condemned the attack, stating that civilians were targeted on ethnic grounds and highlighting violations of the ceasefire and international law.
Khartoum, 4 sept (Latin Press) A violent attack on villages inhabited by the Otoro tribe, native of the Nuba Mountains, left at least 21 dead and dozens injured, including women and children, met here today from medical sources. The post Allies of Sudanese paramilitaries leave 21 dead in Kordofan first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
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