At least 40 civilians are killed by gunmen in Sudan's Darfur region as ethnically motivated bloodshed escalated in step with the war between rival military factions, Human Rights Watch reports
The conflict in Sudan has uprooted over 2.9 million people and sent almost 700,000 fleeing into neighbouring countries. / Photo: AP Archive
In a new report, HRW said on Tuesday that it had documented the killings of at least 40 civilians, including the execution of at least 28 Masalits, in the West Darfur town of Misterei, 45 km from El Geneina. In El Geneina, witnesses have reported waves of attacks by Arab militias and the Rapid Support Forces against the non-Arab Masalit people, the largest community in the city, that have sent tens of thousands of people fleeing across the nearby border with Chad.
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