Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had seized the main base of a heavily armed police unit on Sunday as it sought an edge in its war with the army during heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum. | Reuters
Witnesses also reported a sharp increase in violence in recent days in Nyala, the largest city in the western Darfur region. The United Nations raised the alarm on Saturday, June 24, over ethnic targeting and the killing of people from the Masalit community in El Geneina in West Darfur.
FILE PHOTO: A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardments during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo The Central Reserve Police has been deployed by the army in ground fighting in recent weeks. It had previously been used as a combat force in several regions and to confront protesters demonstrating against a coup in 2021.
“Since the early morning in north Omdurman we’ve had air strikes and artillery bombardment and RSF anti-aircraft fire,” 47-year-old resident Mohamed al-Samani told Reuters by phone.
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