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Fighting Engulfs Sudan Aid Hub, Sparking New Exodus

People move on June 22, 2023 along a road from Khartoum to Wad Madani, which became a safe haven until Sudan's war spread into the city and forced a new exodus (Credit: AFP)

Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries engulfed the aid hub of Wad Madani Friday triggering an exodus of civilians already displaced by eight months of war, an AFP correspondent reported.

When war broke out in April between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Wad Madani quickly became a safe haven for civilians fleeing heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum, 180 kilometres (110 miles) to the north.

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