Dead Or Alive? Scores Missing After Sudan Attacks

The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs says that more than 119,000 people have fled from al-Jazira in the recent surge of violence (Credit: AFP)

Khadir Ali and his family managed to survive a harrowing paramilitary attack in war-torn Sudan. But by the time they got to safety, he realised that one person was missing.

"We escaped in total chaos -- there was gunfire coming from every direction," said the 47-year-old civil servant of the October 22 Rapid Support Forces attack on Rufaa in al-Jazira state.