At least 120 civilians in Sudan have died in two days with the foreign ministry accusing the paramilitary of the deaths in Al-Jazira state which was known as the breadbasket of the country.
The ministry added that the 120 people who were killed by Janjaweed militia which is also known as the paramilitaries were either killed by gunfire or food poisoning and lack of medical care affecting hundreds of civilians.
The Sudan’s Doctors Union said that the militia after looting and stealing all possessions’ held many hostages inside a Mosque and release those who met their Ransome conditions by paying large sums
Witnesses say that the RSF has imposed a two-week siege on the town, preventing residents from leaving.
The RSF recently intensified attacks against civilians in Al-Jazira state after one of its key commanders defected to the regular army.
Last month, at least 200 people were killed in the state, which is under army control, according to an AFP tally based on medical and activist sources. The United Nations said that 135,000 civilians were displaced.
‘Janjaweed’ is usually used by the army-backed government to describe the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) whom it has been at war with since April 2023.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo is an infamous militia recruited by the then government in Khartoum to help stop an ethnic minority rebellion in the western region of Darfur two decades ago.
The conflict is due to power struggle between the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two groups, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, respectively, are fighting one another for control of the state and its resources.
Global conflict tracker reported that Since April 15, 2023 when the conflict began, almost 15,000 people have been killed, and more than 8.2 million have been displaced, giving rise to the worst displacement crisis in the world. Nearly 2 million displaced Sudanese have fled to unstable areas in Chad, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, overrunning refugee camps and prompting concerns that Sudanese refugees could soon attempt to enter Europe.
