Sudan medical group says RSF-affiliated fighters kill 27 civilians

The attacks come as nearly 19.5 million Sudanese face severe hunger amid the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis.A force affiliated with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 27 people, including elderly residents, in an attack on villages west of Bara in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, according to the Sudan-doctors-network" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="2002" data-entity-type="organization">Sudan Doctors Network.The Cairo-based medical NGO said the attacks took place on Thursday in the al-Murrah area, describing them as “a new crime targeting unarmed civilians in areas with no military presence”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4French prosecutors to probe Israeli treatment of flotilla activistslist 2 of 4‘Brazilians of Europe’: How France created football’s deepest talent poollist 3 of 4UN urges ‘urgent’ action to protect children onlinelist 4 of 4Firefighters work to free riders stuck atop a rollercoaster in Texasend of listSudan has been engulfed in civil war since April 2023, when long-running tensions between the Sudanese army and the RSF erupted into a full-scale conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.The Kordofan region has become one of the war’s main battlegrounds, with fighting intensifying across several fronts, including through drone attacks.The RSF and allied groups control much of the western Darfur region, as well as parts of Kordofan along the border with Sudan" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="3169" data-entity-type="location">South Sudan, areas rich in oil fields and gold mines. The paramilitary force has also repeatedly clashed with the army over the town of Bara.Thursday’s assault took place during the second day of Eid al-Adha.In a statement posted on Facebook, the Sudan-doctors-network" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="2002" data-entity-type="organization">Sudan Doctors Network said that “targeting villages and civilian areas and executing citizens in such a brutal manner constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and all norms and conventions that prohibit attacks on civilians, especially amid the catastrophic humanitarian conditions people are enduring because of the ongoing war”.