Pro-democracy activists in Sudan on Thursday said around 25 people drowned in the Nile River while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces in the southeast. "Entire families perished" in the accident, they said, while fleeing the RSF's recent advance through Sennar. Witnesses also reported the RSF sweeping through neighboring villages, pushing residents to flee in small wooden boats across the Nile. Over 10 million people are currently displaced across Sudan, in what the U.N. calls the world's worst displacement crisis. Both sides have been accused of war crimes, including targeting civilian infrastructure and indiscriminately shelling homes, markets and hospitals.

Source: Ethiopian News July 04, 2024 17:23 UTC