have been at war<\/a> with the RSF commanded by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.<\/p>\nThe EU statement said there were \u201ccredible eyewitness reports [that] more than a thousand members of the Masalit community were killed in Ardamta, West Darfur, in just over two days, during major attacks carried out by the RSF and its affiliated militias\u201d.<\/p>\n
The toll was higher than a previous one of 800 given by the UN refugee agency UNHCR, which said 100 shelters in a displaced persons\u2019 camp in Ardamta were razed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is happening is verging on pure evil,\u201d the UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said on Friday, citing reports of young girls being raped in front of their mothers.<\/p>\n
She voiced fears of a repeat of the genocide campaign that gripped Darfur in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n
The EU stressed that Sudan\u2019s warring sides \u201chave a duty to protect citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n
It said it was working with the International Criminal Court to document violations \u201cto ensure accountability\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe international community cannot turn a blind eye on what is happening in Darfur and allow another genocide to happen in this region,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
More than 10,000 people have been killed in the Sudan conflict so far, according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project.<\/p>\n
The war has displaced more than 4.8 million people within Sudan and has forced a further 1.2m to flee into neighbouring countries, according to UN figures.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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