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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum

Thousands flee homes after rebel attack in southern Sudan city

Sudanese armed forces. There are fears the country is sliding into full-scale civil war.
Sudanese armed forces. There are fears the country is sliding into full-scale civil war. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of people have fled their homes in the capital of South Kordofan state in Sudan after an attack by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North rebel group, one of three forces now fighting in the area.

The SPLMN has been trying to capture the city from the regular army, known as the Sudanese Armed Forces, since June, when it entered the conflict that broke out in April between the SAF, led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

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