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Call for sanctions amid claims of ethnic cleansing in Sudan's West Darfur

War has raged for more than a year in Sudan between members of the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. © AFP

Militias in Sudan killed thousands of people – including children – during a wave of violence last year in West Darfur, the NGO Human Rights Watch said as it accused armed groups of crimes against humanity and genocide.

Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in and around West Darfur's capital, El Geneina, amount to ethnic cleansing against the Massalit and other non-Arab populations, according to a HRW report published Thursday.

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