New RSF Assaults in W. Sudan Claim at Least Eighteen Lives
(MENAFN) At least 18 civilians lost their lives and 31 more were wounded in recent assaults carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s North Kordofan State, according to reports released Sunday by a local volunteer organization.
Sudanese Doctors Network, a volunteer medical group, stated: “The RSF committed a horrific atrocity in the Shaq Al-Noum area of North Kordofan State, killing 11 civilians, including three children, and injuring 31 others, among them nine women.”
The organization condemned the incident as “a brutal assault that violates all humanitarian norms and international conventions,” emphasizing that it aligns with a broader RSF trend of deliberately attacking civilians and sowing terror in regions previously considered secure.
Separately, the Resistance Committees of North Kordofan, another grassroots volunteer network, reported that RSF fighters launched attacks on two villages near the town of Bara on Saturday.
“The RSF attacked the villages of Abu Qaida and Hillat Hamad, killing at least seven civilians and injuring several others,” the group said in a Sunday statement.
Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF have escalated since June, particularly around the strategically important town of Bara, located northeast of El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan. The RSF is reportedly attempting to seize control of the area.
In a separate development, RSF fighters claimed via social media videos on Sunday that they had captured the Umm Sumayma area, approximately 68 kilometers west of El Obeid.
As of now, the Sudanese military has not issued a statement responding to the RSF’s assertion.
The ongoing conflict between the SAF and RSF, which ignited in April 2023, has plunged Sudan into one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian disasters. Tens of thousands have been killed, and millions displaced both internally and across international borders.
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