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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

Sudan’s news blackout stokes fear and confusion after attack on Zamzam camp

A large crowd of Africans running across a desert-like landscape as black smoke billows from a compound in the background
People run for their lives after the Rapid Support Forces attacked Zamzam camp, killing at least 200 people. Photograph: Courtesy of North Darfur Observatory For Human Rights

Sudan’s information blackout has left relatives of those in Sudan’s Zamzam camp for those displaced by the war struggling for news of their safety after it was overrun by militiamen at the weekend.

As leaders across the globe prepared to meet for peace talks in London to pressure the backers of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army to agree a ceasefire, the RSF launched a deadly assault, seizing Zamzam after weeks of tightening its siege.

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