Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces says it has seized the main base of a heavily armed police unit in the capital Khartoum as heavy fighting claims more lives in the conflict-torn country
Khartoum and El Geneina have been worst affected by the war, although last week tensions and clashes escalated in other parts of Darfur and in Kordofan, in the south.
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.Fighting on Sunday between rival Sudanese generals in Darfur killed at least a dozen civilians, said a doctor in the devastated region.
But the source - speaking anonymously for security reasons - noted that"the violence of the fighting restricts movement" of victims to hospitals.The United Nations says violence in Darfur has taken an"ethnic dimension" and could constitute"crimes against humanity".
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