A medic from Wad Rawah Hospital, just north of Wad Oshaib village, disclosed that all 40 people suffered direct gunshot wounds, requesting anonymity for their own protection after repeated attacks on medical personnel.
It was gathered that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ,RSF, at war with the army since mid-April 2023, first attacked the village, located 100 kilometres north of Al-Jazira’s capital Wad Madani.
It is the latest in a month-long series of attacks on Al-Jazira villages by the RSF following the defection of a key paramilitary commander to the army’s side last month.
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According to the United Nations, over 340,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the state, a key agricultural region that was formerly considered Sudan’s breadbasket.
The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric had said on Friday that the violence in Al-Jazira is putting the lives of tens of thousands of people at risk.
The war between the army, led by Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has already killed tens of thousands of people across the country.
It has also uprooted over 11 million people, more than 3 million of whom have fled across Sudan’s borders.