The “Sudan Tribune” website stated that “areas in the northwestern part of North Darfur state witnessed bloody confrontations two weeks ago between the Rapid Support Forces and a mobile force affiliated with the Joint Force of Armed Movements.”
Adam Mazza, a member of the Shura Council of the Zaghawa tribe, said, “40,000 people fled to the border with Chad after the Rapid Support Forces and militias allied with them burned about 33 villages located in Kutum locality in North Darfur state.”
He explained that “the bulk of the displaced arrived in the town of Al-Tineh on the border with the State of Chad and are in a very complex humanitarian situation due to the lack of humanitarian aid.”
He pointed out that “the fugitives are living in the open and without shelter,” revealing “contacts he made with the Darfur regional government, the central government, and international and regional organizations, through which they called for urgent action to provide humanitarian aid.”
A member of the Zaghawa tribe’s Shura Council accused “the Rapid Support Forces and the militias allied with them of committing widespread violations and crimes that affected thousands of fleeing people, most of whom were of the Zaghawa ethnicity, including murder on an ethnic basis and the looting of money and livestock.”
Fears are growing that the military conflict in areas of North Darfur state will turn into ethnic fighting, due to the sharp state of polarization among the population components in the region.
The war broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in mid-April 2023, after weeks of tension between the two parties due to disagreements over plans to integrate the Rapid Support into the army forces.
The war in Sudan has claimed thousands of lives and displaced more than 8.5 million people, according to the United Nations.
Source: Sudan Tribune website
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