Sudanese govt accuses Rapid Support Forces of killing 120 civilians in 2 days

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The Sudanese foreign ministry accused paramilitaries late Thursday of causing at least 120 civilian deaths over two days in Al-Jazira state, where fighting has raged since last month.
 
This comes as local and international accusations have escalated in recent days against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of "committing violations and mass killings" against civilians in Al-Jazeera State, without any comment from the militia.
 
"The Janjaweed militia (paramilitaries) committed a new massacre in the town of Hilaliya in Al-Jazira state over the past two days, resulting in 120 martyrs so far, killed either by gunfire or due to food poisoning and lack of medical care affecting hundreds of civilians," the ministry said in a statement.
 
The army-backed government routinely refers to the paramilitary RSF, which it has been fighting since April 2023, as Janjaweed, an infamous militia recruited by the then government in Khartoum to suppress an ethnic minority rebellion in the western region of Darfur two decades ago.
 
The Sudan's Doctors Union said that "after looting and stealing all the possessions of residents in Hilaliya, the militia detained people inside mosques, only allowing them to leave after paying large sums, which are impossible to afford after the extensive looting and theft".
Source- newarab