UN soldiers in Darfur. Illustration image. Nasser Nasser / AP
Governor kidnapped and killed in Darfur
One of the paramilitary group RSF's biggest opponents, Governor Khamis Abakar of Darfur in Sudan has been killed, writes Al Jazeera.
Just hours after Abakar gave a speech accusing the paramilitary group of genocide, he was kidnapped and later found dead.
In footage on social media, which purportedly shows the sequence of events, a group of men in RSF uniforms are seen imprisoning Abakar. Other clips show the governor lying on the ground with wounds on his neck and face.
RSF denies that it is behind the murder and believes that it was carried out by criminals.
Refugees in Sudan. Sam Mednick / AP
Over 2,000 dead in Sudan since the start of the crisis
Over 2,000 people have been killed since the start of the war in Sudan, AFP reports.
Fighting has been going on in the country since April 15 when the military chief and the country's leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary RSF (Rapid support force) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, clashed.
- In our worst dreams, we did not see this war drag on for so long, says Mohamad al-Hassan Othman, who fled the fighting in the capital, Khartoum.
Over 2.2 million people are displaced after the fighting, according to figures from the International Refugee Organization, IOM.
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