...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...'s North Darfur state on Monday, officials said, the latest attack in a region where violence has surged since April.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling the army in North Darfur's capital El Fasher since mid-May, following the outbreak of a nationwide conflict between the two sides.
The paramilitary group has been accused of targeting civilians and looting in El Fasher, where it has besieged hundreds of thousands of people.
Health ministry official Ibrahim Khater said 25 people had been killed and 40 maimed in the shelling of the Abu Shouk camp, home to some 400,000 displaced people.
A local resistance committee put the corpse count at more than 20, with 32 maimed.
Witnesses said the RSF also shelled residential areas and a police hospital, forcing it to close. The RSF could not immediately be reached for comment.
The conflict in Darfur has revived memories of a brutal civil war in the early 2000s that led to the creation of the RSF.
The Abu Shouk attack is likely to raise further concerns about the humanitarian situation in El Fasher, where aid groups have warned of shortages of food and medicine.
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