Sudan paramilitary group agrees to a ceasefire proposal
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Every single person who has arrived in Tawila has one or multiple members of their family that they cannot account for,” the leader of one humanitarian group told NBC News.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape a paramilitary force since it captured El-Fasher in the western Darfur region.
A Sudanese paramilitary group accused of slaughtering civilians in the city of El Fasher has been linked to fresh atrocities hundreds of miles to the east.
For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have torn the country apart in a war for power, both digging in against peace efforts even as atrocities mount and starvation spreads.
The roads are not safe. We continue to see [people] being detained and tortured. Women and children at risk of abuse."
New satellite images analyzed Friday appear to show further efforts by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to dispose of corpses after they seized and rampaged through the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Explosions were reported near Sudan's capital Khartoum just hours after the RSF paramilitary forces said they agreed to a U.S.-backed truce proposal.
The U.N. human rights chief warned that many Sudanese are still trapped in el-Fasher in the western Darfur region.
RSF born from Darfur’s Janjaweed militias has grown into a military, political, and economic power center outside state control - Anadolu Ajansı