Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday, according to Sudanese activists. The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in the area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war in Sudan that has raged since April 2023. The Emergency Lawyers human rights group said on Monday that the RSF attacked several villages on Saturday around the city of Bara, which the paramilitary controls. The group said more than 200 people were killed in the village of Shag Alnom and 46 people – including pregnant women and children – were killed in Hilat Hamid. Looting raids on other villages killed 38 civilians and dozens more people were missing, it added. More than 3,400 people have fled the recent fighting, according to the UN. Emergency Lawyers said: “It has been proven that these targeted villages were completely empty of any military objectives, which makes clear the criminal nature of these crimes carried out in complete disregard of international humanitarian law.” It placed the responsibility with the RSF’s leadership.

Full report : Sudan’s RSF kills about 300 people in North Kordofan, rights group says.