Dozens killed in rebel attacks on Sudan’s Kordofan, medical group says
A medical organisation has accused a Sudanese rebel group aligned with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 27 people, including four children, in the southern province of South Kordofan. In a statement on Tuesday, the Sudan Doctors Network said the killings were carried out by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) in Qardud […]
A medical organization reported that a Sudanese rebel group, aligned with paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killed 27 people, including four children, in South Kordofan. The Sudan Doctors Network attributed the killings to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) in Qardud and Abu Hamama, areas inhabited by the Otoro tribe.
The attacks displaced many citizens towards Abu Hitan and Kadugli. The group warned that targeting unarmed civilians based on ethnicity violated international humanitarian law and could escalate the conflict into an ethnic one. The recent fighting follows intense clashes earlier this year between forces linked to SPLM-N and the Otoro tribe, who are a minority in South Kordofan's Nuba Mountains.
The ethnic dispute, stemming from land issues, further complicates Sudan's ongoing civil war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and RSF. The Sudan Doctors Network called on the international community to apply pressure on SPLM-N leaders to cease attacks on civilians, noting that women were among the wounded. The SPLM-N, a breakaway faction of the ruling party of South Sudan, has aligned with the RSF and formed a parallel government with RSF-led forces.
The Sudanese civil war has claimed at least 59,000 lives and displaced 14 million people, with 33.7 million requiring humanitarian assistance, according to the World Health Organization.
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