KHARTOUM, 19 January. - (ANA) - More than 100 people have been killed in Sudan’s North Darfur state in recent weeks, a relief committee said on Sunday, amid an intensification of clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and groups loyal to the Sudanese army.

 

For several days, areas in northern North Darfur bordering Chad have witnessed clashes between the two, with the paramilitaries attacking the areas of Amro, Al-Tina, and Karnoi in an attempt to seize control.

 

Several villages in the area have burned, the committee said, leading to the mass displacement of 18,000 civilians.

 

The Al-Tina local emergency room said in a press release that successive RSF attacks from 22 December to 16 January targeted Al-Tina locality and surrounding areas, resulting in the deaths of more than 103 civilians and injuries to 88 others.

 

The relief committee issued an urgent appeal to regional and international humanitarian organisations, warning of a sharp deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Al-Tina area and surrounding towns and villages in the North Darfur locality.

 

Additionally, at least 575 people were displaced from the cities of Kadugli and Dilling in the state of South Kordofan between 15 and 17 January, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) also said on Sunday.

 

The two cities have been under siege by the RSF and their ally, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), since the early months of the conflict. They have also been subjected to frequent artillery and drone attacks.

 

The IOM said that the displaced people headed to White Nile State in southern Sudan, which has been entirely under the control of the Sudanese army since May last year. The NGO stressed the situation in South Kordofan State "remains tense and volatile," adding that its field teams "will continue to closely monitor developments".

 

On 5 January, the IOM said that the number of internally displaced persons in the three states of the Kordofan region (North, West, and South) had risen to 64,890 between 25 October and 30 December.

 

The Kordofan states have been one of the major sites of the Sudanese civil war, due to their strategic location to Darfur as well as their access to lucrative oil fields. Several battles have occurred there over the past two years, killing hundreds and displacing at least 64,000 Sudanese.

 

The RSF controls all the capitals of the five Darfur states in western Sudan, as well as most of North and West Kordofan.

 

The civil war erupted in April 2023, following a power struggle between Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the head of the RSF, and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese army.

 

Tens of thousands have been killed since, with millions impacted by food insecurity and deteriorating public services. The UN and NGOs have named Sudan one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises.   - (ANA) -

 

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