Attacks on Famine-Hit Camps in Darfur Leave at Least 100 People Dead
Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on Feb. 14.
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CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's notorious paramilitary group launched a two-day attack on famine-hit camps for displaced people that left more than 100 dead, including 20 children and nine aid workers, in the Darfur region, a U.N. official said Saturday.
The Rapid Support Forces and allied militias launched an offensive on the Zamzam and Abu Shorouk camps and the nearby city of el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, on Friday, said U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Clementine Nkweta-Salami.