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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Tens of thousands flee camp in Sudan after attacks by RSF paramilitaries

People walk and ride horse-drawn carts carrying their belongings
People crossing the border into Chad last year after fleeing the fighting in Darfur. Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in a displacement camp in the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region after attacks by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, as concern grows that Darfur is facing another genocide.

The RSF has besieged the city for weeks, aiming to take the last major population centre in Darfur that it does not control. Hundreds of thousands are sheltering there after fleeing other cities taken by the group over the past year.

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