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| [RT] Mass killings reported in conflict-torn African state | |
| 2024-10-28 | |
| [RT] Sudanese paramilitaries have been attacking villages in the El Gezira region since its top commander defected to join the state’s forces, activists claim At least 124 people have been killed in a massive new wave of attacks in Sudan’s El Gezira state, according to local activists, who have accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing “massacres” against civilians. The incident is reportedly one of the deadliest to have happened since a brutal civil war broke out in the northeastern African nation between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in mid-April last year. The Sudan Doctors Network reported on Saturday that dozens of civilians had been injured and hundreds more displaced as a result of deadly assaults on Al-Sariha village by RSF fighters. The Wad Madani Resistance Committee, a grassroots pro-democracy group, also reported that more than 100 wounded could not be evacuated for treatment due to shelling by militants, who had completely invaded Al-Sariha. The death toll could be higher, the organization said while denouncing the “heinous massacre” as “ethnic cleansing.” A member of the Resistance Committees told CNN that the militia has detained 150 people, including the elderly. The group shared a video on Facebook showing men in camouflage manhandling an elderly civilian. Another clip shows dozens of local men sitting on the floor, allegedly arrested by the RSF. Fighting in El Gezira has reportedly escalated since Abu Aqla Muhammad Ahmed Kikil,
On Sunday, the Wad Madani Resistance Committee reported that more than 50 villages in the region have been under continuous attack for the past six days. The group stated that it is unable to communicate with dozens of other invaded villages due to a curfew imposed by the paramilitary forces, who have seized “all satellite Internet devices.” Earlier on Friday, the RSF accused the state military of arming civilians in the region and using forces under the command of the defected official Kikil, prompting the attacks, Reuters reported. According to the UN, Sudan now faces the world’s largest hunger crisis, with tens of thousands of people killed and more than 11 million displaced as a result of the 18-month-old war. Related: El Gezira: 2024-10-23 Top RSF commander defects, joins Sudanese army El Gezira: 2023-04-25 427 dead, thousands injured due to conflict in Sudan: OCHA El Gezira: 2022-08-15 Sudan: Security Forces Arrest 35 People Following March of Millions Protest | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 /\ Strange thing is that is what had been normal for most of human history. In Africa anyway. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-10-28 16:20 |
| #3 Strange thing is that is what had been normal for most of human history. We've been too comfortable in the world our fathers made for us to understand that. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-10-28 16:15 |
| #2 Truly an Evergreen headline. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2024-10-28 15:51 |
| #1 Pan-African Unity Fever™ - catch it! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-10-28 11:37 |