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Death toll from fighting in Sudan s Darfur rises to 50: medics El Geneina, capital of West Darfur and close to the border with Chad, has seen days of fighting including gunfire and shelling, residents said. Members of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) look on as Sudanese internally displaced people stage a sit in to protest against the end of their mandate, in Kalma camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on 31 December 2020. Picture: AFP.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - At least 50 people have been killed in four days of violence in Sudan s Darfur, medics said on Tuesday in a revised toll.
Death toll from fighting in Sudan s Darfur rises to 50
Tuesday April 06 2021
A landscape view of El Geneina town, the capital of West Darfur, Sudan. PHOTO/ UNAMID/Hamid Abdulsalam
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The UN said it had suspended flights and aid operations to the city, a key hub for humanitarian assistance a decision the world body said would affect upwards of 700,000 people.
Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide over the conflict, which the UN says left 300,000 people dead and displaced more than 2.5 million.
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At least 50 people have been killed in four days of violence in Sudan s Darfur, medics said Tuesday in a revised toll.
40 dead in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur: UN
AFP
6th April, 2021 10:05:46
At least 40 people have been killed and 58 injured in three days of clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur state, the United Nations said Monday.
After clashes at the weekend, residents of El Geneina, capital of West Darfur and close to the border with Chad, said gunfire erupted in the city at dawn on Monday, with shells exploding in the suburbs.
Plumes of smoke rose high into the sky as people fled the violence, witnesses reported.
“Since April 3, 40 people have been killed,” the UN humanitarian coordination office OCHA said in a statement.