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Mat Nashed

Fears of ethnic cleansing mount in Sudan’s West Darfur

People walk among scattered objects in the market of el-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur [File: AFP]

The abduction and execution of a regional governor in Sudan has raised fears that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is aiding a campaign of ethnic cleansing, survivors and experts have said.

Khamis Abakar, the governor of West Darfur, was killed hours after he criticised the RSF and allied Arab fighters of “genocide“, in an interview on June 14 with a Saudi news channel.

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