The traces of drone violence in Sudan are clearly visible
At the refugee camp in Atbara, Sudan, burnt tents and blood can be seen in the entrances to buildings. Many who were displaced from their homes in connection with the violent civil war have taken refuge there. The refugee camp has been hit by six drones since the beginning of the year, and the situation is getting worse, Sky News reports.
The paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, RSF, has stepped up its drone attacks. They often target civilian infrastructure. The worst affected is the capital Khartoum, but those who have fled there have not escaped the war.
– We pray that God will end this disaster. We left Khartoum because of the fighting and found this. It is hunting us, says a man at the camp in Atbara.
After the Sudanese security forces took over the capital Khartoum again and the RSF was driven out, the group has stepped up its drone attacks, according to data obtained by Sky News.
She Survived the Attack: “Nightmare Came True”
Umm al-Kheir Bakheit fled the Zamzam refugee camp in western Sudan during the violent attack by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on April 11, writes the AP.
After starving the refugee camp for several months with a siege, the RSF went in and shot and killed refugees in a rampage that lasted three days. At least 400 people were killed. They shot people in the open streets, tortured others and raped women and girls. One of the survivors was Bakheit, 31.
“It was a nightmare come true. They attacked us mercilessly,” she says.
The attack was the worst ever on the camp. Although the RSF has suffered heavy losses in the war against the Sudanese military and lost strong strongholds, intense fighting is still ongoing in several parts of the country.
At the refugee camp in Atbara, Sudan, burnt tents and blood can be seen in the entrances to buildings. Many who were displaced from their homes in connection with the violent civil war have taken refuge there. The refugee camp has been hit by six drones since the beginning of the year, and the situation is getting worse, Sky News reports.
The paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, RSF, has stepped up its drone attacks. They often target civilian infrastructure. The worst affected is the capital Khartoum, but those who have fled there have not escaped the war.
– We pray that God will end this disaster. We left Khartoum because of the fighting and found this. It is hunting us, says a man at the camp in Atbara.
After the Sudanese security forces took over the capital Khartoum again and the RSF was driven out, the group has stepped up its drone attacks, according to data obtained by Sky News.
She Survived the Attack: “Nightmare Came True”
Umm al-Kheir Bakheit fled the Zamzam refugee camp in western Sudan during the violent attack by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on April 11, writes the AP.
After starving the refugee camp for several months with a siege, the RSF went in and shot and killed refugees in a rampage that lasted three days. At least 400 people were killed. They shot people in the open streets, tortured others and raped women and girls. One of the survivors was Bakheit, 31.
“It was a nightmare come true. They attacked us mercilessly,” she says.
The attack was the worst ever on the camp. Although the RSF has suffered heavy losses in the war against the Sudanese military and lost strong strongholds, intense fighting is still ongoing in several parts of the country.
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