At least 17 killed in attacks by paramilitary forces in central Sudan

2/8/2024 6:03

        At least 17 people were killed in two separate attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on two villages in Gezira State in central Sudan, a local popular committee said Thursday.
        "The RSF militia stormed the Al-Adnab village with huge military convoys with the aim of looting and brutalizing citizens. More than 10 people were killed as the result of this brutal attack," the resistance committee in Wad Madani, the capital city of Gezira, said in a statement on its Facebook page.
        Seven unarmed civilians were also killed in an attack by the militia on the village of Wad Al-Asha on Wednesday," the committee said in a separate statement.
        The RSF, which took control of Gezira in December 2023 after the pullout of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) from Wad Madani, has not yet commented on the two incidents.
        Sudan has been witnessing a deadly conflict between the SAF and the RSF since April 15, 2023, resulting in the loss of at least 16,650 lives. An estimated 10.7 million people are now internally displaced in Sudan, with approximately 2.2 million others seeking refuge in neighboring countries, according to the UN data released on Monday.