![]() ![]() ![]() That move had derailed a civilian-led government’s attempt to push the country towards democratic rule after the removal of al-Bashir two years before. That militia, accused by human rights groups of committing mass slaughters in Darfur, was repackaged in 2013 into the RSF.īefore falling out a month ago, the two military leaders shared power after a 2021 military coup. The conflict ended with a peace deal in 2020, but violence has continued intermittently.īoth al-Burhan and Hemedti built up their military careers during the Darfur war, the former as commander of the army’s campaign in the region and the latter as a leader of the government-backed Janjaweed Arab fighters. More than 300,000 people died as part of then-President Omar al-Bashir’s effort to quash a non-Arab rebellion. The rivalry between the army and RSF has taken on an intercommunal dimension in Darfur, pitting Arab communities against non-Arab groups and reviving memories of a devastating war that erupted in the region in 2003. On the same day of the clashes in el-Geneina last week, the UN agency for refugees announced that an additional 30,000 people arrived in the neighbouring country, bringing the total number moving from Sudan to Chad since the conflict started to 60,000. The two waves of attacks have caused thousands of people to cross into Chad. Aid groups on the ground described a dire humanitarian situation as armed groups descended on the cities, looting hospitals and burning down camps for internally displaced people. The latest flare-up of violence came nearly three weeks after similar incidents took place in el-Geneina, Nyala and el-Fasher, the capitals of South and North Darfur states. The city was under attack for a third consecutive day with continued gunfire, shelling and fires set in at least four neighbourhoods, according to local social media activist Alzahawi Idriss on Sunday. It added that snipers were placed in at least two neighbourhoods, preventing people from moving and accessing basic healthcare. “The city of el-Geneina in West Darfur state is going through the worst and most violent events since the beginning of the clashes,” the group said in a statement. A day after, the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate put the death toll at 280, noting that the figure includes the victims from just Friday and Saturday. The Darfur Bar Association said on Saturday that 77 people had died since violence broke out in the city, including the imam of the city’s old mosque, Muhammad Abdel Aziz Omar. The Sudanese capital has been the main theatre of fierce battles throughout the month, but clashes have been taking place also in Darfur – especially in el-Geneina, the capital of its western province.Īrmed groups and RSF fighters have attacked the city for three days since Friday, looting and burning down entire neighbourhoods, civil rights groups and residents said. Sudan has been gripped by violence since April 15 when a rivalry between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo morphed into an armed conflict. ![]() Dozens of people have been killed in the latest wave of attacks in Sudan’s Darfur region, human rights groups and residents say, as fighting between two competing military factions enters its second month. ![]()
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